Name: Assignment: Position vs. Time PHYSICS Part 1: Understanding Position vs. Time Graphs 1. Describe the movement of the object that would produce the following graph. What is its velocity? Position (m ) Time ( s 2. Describe the movement of the object that would produce the following graph. What is its velocity? Position (m TIME (5) NEXT PAGE3. How would this graph change if the velocity were less? 4. Describe the movement of the object that would produce the following graph. What is its velocity? Time 5. Predict how the graph would change if the velocity were - 3 m/s. 6. When you look at two different position and time graphs, how can you tell which one has a higher velocity? 7. How is the graph different when the velocity is negative? NEXT PAGEPart 2: Interpreting Position vs. Time Graphs 8. Describe the motion that would be needed for an object to create the following position vs time graph. Position (m) A E D Time (s) 9. Give the velocity for each part of the graph in the problem above. A- B B - C C-D D-E E - F NEXT PAGE10. The instantaneous velocity is the velocity that an object is going at a particular moment. When the line on the graph has a constant slope, the velocity is constant, so the instantaneous velocity is the same during the time. What is the instantaneous velocity of the object that produced the graph above at 3 seconds? What is the instantaneous velocity at 5.5 seconds