Graphing
Variable manipulated or changed by the scientists
What is the independent Variable?
A change in an object’s position relative to a reference point
What is motion
Formula for speed
What is distance over time
A flat, horizontal line on a distance time graph
What is no motion
SI base for measuring length or distance
Meter
Variable is measured or observed
What is the dependent variable
Determines the position on an object
What is a reference point
Speed is constant - no slowing down or speeding up
what is constant speed
The speed of an object with a steeper the slope on a distance time graph
What is faster speed
Part of a science project that shows graphs
Results and data analysis
Graph showing change over time
What is a line graph
Your displacement if you travel 1.7 km North then 1.2 km South
What is .5 km
the total distance by total time and would vary at different intervals
What is average speed
The y-axis on a distance time graph
What is distance
convert 5 kilometers to meters
5000 m
Used to show a VISUAL REPRESENTATION of relationship between various QUANTITIES, PARAMETERS, or variables
What is a graph
The displacement if a snail travels 8 cm, rests, then travels 10 more cm in the same direction,
What is 18 cm
the speed of a passenger elevator that travels from the first floor to the 60th floor, a distance of 210 m, in 35 s
What is 6 m/s
Downward line of a distance time graph
Returning to starting point
Graph for comparing categories
Bar graph
Scale, Units, Labels, Title, Accuracy, Neatness
What are must haves for a graph
the distance and direction of the object’s change in position
What is displacement
Average speed if a ball rolled 12 meters in 6 seconds,
2 m/s
The x-axis of a distance-time graph
Time
Speed of a dragonfly traveling south 110 meters in 4 minutes
27.5 m/min