Bin Ham school C2&C3

Grade-9A Physics Trimester-1

CAPTER:1 A PHYSICS TOOLKIT
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Worksheet-1
SECTION 4 Graphing Data
In your textbook, read about nonlinear relationships.

Refer to the graph to answer questions 1–7.

1. What sort of relationship is shown in this graph?

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2. Which variable is the independent variable? Which is the dependent variable?

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3. Is the slope of this graph positive or negative?

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4. What are the units of the slope?

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5. Explain why the slope at 2.0 s is greater than the slope at 1.0 s.
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6. About how far does the ball fall in 1.8 s?

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7. The equation of the graph is d  5t2. How far would the ball fall in 2.4 s?
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 Bin Ham school C2&C3
Grade-9A Physics Trimester-1
CAPTER:1 A PHYSICS TOOLKIT

KEY

SECTION 4 Graphing Data

1. quadratic
2. The dependent variable is distance and the independent variable is time.
3. positive
m
4. s

5. The graph is steeper at 2.0 s than at 1.0 s.

6. 15 m
7. d  5t2
 5(2.4)2
 30
The distance is 30 m.