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Part A. Ninja Cat
Try it together…
1. What is Ninja Cat’s average speed from 0.5 min to 0.75 min? Why?
2. How far does Ninja Cat travel in the first minute? _____ cm
3. Using your answer from #2, what is Ninja Cat’s average speed for the first minute?
____ cm ÷ ____ min = _____ cm per min (cm/min)
4. What is Ninja Cat’s average speed from 1 minute to 2 minutes? _____ cm per min
5. What is Ninja Cat’s average speed from 2 minutes to 2.5 minutes?
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6. What is Ninja Cat’s average speed from the start (0 minutes) to 2.5 minutes?
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7. What is the graph showing between 2.5 minutes to 3 minutes? (What was Ninja Cat doing
that makes the graph look like this?)
Try it on your own…
8. What is Ninja Cat’s average speed from 0.5 min to 1.5 min?
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9. What is Ninja Cat’s average speed from 1.5 min to 2.5 min?
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Part B: Lab
1. You will be graphing the motion of a car over time. Spread out with your lab partners in a
line; each person should have a stopwatch. Mark the spot where the car is starting and have
the person with the car push it forward. The people with the stopwatches should click them
as the car goes by. Afterwards, measure how far each point is from where the car started.
Enter the data in the table at the top of the following page; you can round your numbers to
the nearest tenth (0.1). Repeat your experiment at least three times.
Trial #1 Trial #2 Trial #3
Point Distanc Time Point Distanc Time Point Distanc Time
e e e
Start 0 0 Start 0 0 Start 0 0
1
1 1
2 2 2
3 3 3
4 4 4
2. Graph your data on a separate sheet of graph paper. (Please ask for help if you’re unsure of
how to set it up!)
3. Analyze your data by answering the questions below. Please do this part independently
(not with your group).
a. Explain in words the story that the graph says about the car’s motion over time.
b. What was your car’s average speed from the start to Point 1? Please show your work.
c. What was your car’s average speed from Point 1 to Point 2? Please show your work.
d. …From Point 2 to Point 3? Please show your work.
e. What was your car’s average speed for the whole experiment (Start to last point)? Please
show your work.
(You will need this graph for the closing. Don’t
worry about it now.)
