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Activity 5—Rolling ball
Name ___________________________________
Data collection
1.
Which of these plots do you think best matches the
Distance-Time
plot of a ball rolling down a
ramp?
2.
What physical property is represented along the x-axis? _____________________________________
What are the units? ___________________________________________________________________
What physical property is represented along the y-axis? _____________________________________
What are the units? ___________________________________________________________________
3.
Sketch what the plot really looks like. Label the axis. Label the plot at the points when the ball was
released and when it reached the end of the ramp.
4.
What type of function does this plot represent? ___________________________________________
5.
Discuss your change in understanding between the graph you chose in question 1 and the curve
you sketched in question 3. ____________________________________________________________
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Explorations
6.
Sketch what you think the plot will look like with a greater incline. (Label it
prediction
.)
7.
Sketch and label the plots for 0
¡
and 90
¡
: