Matching Graphs
Acceleration vs. Time, Velocity vs. Time,
and Scenario
Green
1
Walking away from your house with a
constant positive acceleration.
J
Purple
2
Walking away from your house with a
constant negative acceleration.
B
Pink
3
Throwing a ball up in the air and catching it
at the same place you threw it from.
D
Maroon
4
Dropping a bouncy ball on the ground and
catching it at the same place you let it go
from.
C
Black
5
Dropping a rock off a cliff
G
Dark Purple
6
Throwing popcorn up in the air to catch in
your mouth but a bird grabs it at its highest
point and flys away. (Hint: Only looking at
vertical velocity and acceleration)
I
Teal
7
Running to get to school, realize you’re
going to be late anyways and meander
(slowly walk at a constant velocity) the rest
of the way.
A
Red
8
Getting on the freeway moving away from
your house then putting on cruise control.
L
Lime Green
9
Starting at the bottom of a hill a marble
already moving goes up a hill, does not go
over, rolls back down onto a level plane
then rolls up a small incline where it stops.
K
10
Orange
You are moving at a constant velocity and
get in a head on collision, which makes
you stop, then the person you hit gets rear
ended pushing you backwards.
F
11
Yellow
While driving a bumper car you increase
your velocity in the negative direction, hit
someone which rapidly changes your
direction. Then you rear end someone that
is not moving.
H
12
Blue
Setting cruise control on the freeway.
E
Answers
1-J-
- Green
8-L-
- Red
2-B-
- Purple
9-K-
- Lime Green
3-D-
- Pink
10 - F -
- Orange
4-C-
- Maroon
11 - H -
- Yellow
5-G-
- Black
12 - E -
- Blue
6-I-
- Dark Purple
7-A-
- Teal
Easy: 1, 2, 5, 12
Medium: 3, 6, 7, 8,
Difficult: 4, 9, 10, 11,