Graphing Your Motion

33a. I think as we get farther away, the lines will get higher, and as we get faster the lines will get steeper.

My prediction was correct.

33b. I think it wil be easy at the beginning, but get more difficult as time goes on.


1. The Step 4 line was steadily increasing because we were steadily moving away. The Step 5 line was stopping and moving because we were staying still and then moving back.
2. If we got closer it would be going towards the bottom.
3. To match the line, you had to scoot back at a fast or slow pace.

33c. I think that all our lines will be different.


I think this will be extremely hard to do because the motion sensors we are using are super sensitive.


4. I was walking faster and it made a lot of weird peaks.
5. Velocity: the speed of something in a given direction
6. I didn't really know what to do to match this line. Our lines don't match the graph at all.
7. If it is a position vs. time graph, you need to move away at a slow steady pace, stay in the same place, then move toward the sensor quicker than before. If it is a velocity vs. time graph you need to move quicker, then stay the same, then slow down your movement.
8. On the acceleration vs. time graph, there are a lot more peaks in the graph than on the other two.
9. On the velocity vs. time graph, the acceleration points are when it goes up and it decelerates when it goes down.
10. On the acceleration vs. time graph, the acceleration points are when it goes up and it decelerates when it goes down.
11. Acceleration is the increase in the rate, speed, or velocity of something per unit of time.