Graphing and Motion Tutorial

Graphing and Motion Tutorial The purpose of this tutorial is for you to explore and then understand different ways of representing motion: seeing the motion, describing the motion, and then graphing the motion. As you open each page, you may need to click on a link to load an animation and then push the "play" button to start the animation. You can click on graphs to read values off of them and if you get a good graph, you can right-click on the graph and then re-size it to look at it more closely. Part I - Graph Matching A. Match the Position Graph Use the mouse to drag the toy monster truck (drag at the red ball). The goal of this exercise is to match the position vs. time graphs as shown in the animation (position is given in centimeters and time is given in seconds). After you have successfully matched the three position graphs answer the following questions. 1. Describe, in words, the motion required to replicate Position Graph 1. 2. How does the motion required to replicate Position Graph 2 differ from the motion for Position Graph 1? 3. Now consider Position Graph 3. There are essentially three segments to this graph. In the first segment you must remain stationary. In the second segment the graph is down and steep and in the third segment the graph is upward and less steep. How does the motion differ in the last two segments in terms of direction and speed? B. Match the Velocity Graph Use the ...