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11th grade Find the relationship in a data table and graph worksheet

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Find the relationship in a data table and graph

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  1. A pendulum swings in 1 s at 0.25 m long and 2 s at 1 m long, following a power law. What is its period at 2.25 m, Bo?

  2. A car needs 7.2 m to stop from 10 m/s and 28.8 m from 20 m/s, following a power law. What distance does it need from 30 m/s, Esme?

  3. Jun plots T² (s²) against L (m) for a pendulum. The line through the origin has slope 4.0 s²/m. Using T = 2π√(L/g), what is g?

    • About 9.9 m/s², since the slope is 4π² ÷ g
    • About 0.10 m/s², since g equals the slope divided by 4π²
    • About 158 m/s², since g equals 4π² times the slope
    • About 4.0 m/s², since the slope of the line is g
  4. A braking car's stopping distance d follows d = v² ÷ (2a). Which plot is a straight line, and what is its slope, Kira?

    • d against 1/v, with a slope equal to twice the acceleration
    • d against v, with a slope equal to the acceleration a
    • v against d, with a slope equal to the acceleration a
    • d against v², with a slope of 1 ÷ (2a)
  5. A gas at fixed temperature follows P × V = constant. Which plot of pressure P gives a straight line through the origin, Luz?

    • P against V, with the constant as the slope
    • P against 1/V, with the constant as the slope
    • P against V², with the constant as the slope
    • 1/P against 1/V, with the constant as the slope
  6. Which plot of the table makes a straight line through the origin, Milo?

    • Period against length squared, since the periods are rounded
    • Period against length, since both columns rise together
    • Period against 1/length, since the longer pendulums are slower
    • Period squared against length
  7. Using the table, what length gives a period of 5.0 s, Noah?

    Use the picture in question 6.

    • About 2.5 m, since period is proportional to length
    • About 6.25 m, since T² ÷ L stays 4
    • About 12.5 m, since T² ÷ L stays 2
    • About 1.25 m, since length is the period divided by 4
  8. Pia measured these periods. Do they fit T² = 4L, where T² ÷ L is 4?

    • Yes: T² ÷ L is between 3.9 and 4.2, within about 5% of 4
    • Yes: the period rises each time the length rises, so it fits
    • No: no period equals exactly 2√L, so the model fails
    • No: T ÷ L falls from 4.1 to 1.4, so there is no pattern
  9. A spring's stretch (m) against force (N) has slope 0.02 m/N. What is its spring constant k, the force per meter, Ren?

    • 0.02 N/m, since k equals the slope
    • 50 N/m, since k is the inverse of the slope
    • 5 N/m, since k is the slope divided by 10
    • 0.02 m/N, since the slope already has k's units
  10. Force (N) plotted against acceleration (m/s²) for a cart gives slope 2.5. What does the slope mean, Tala?

    • The cart's speed: 2.5 m/s
    • The cart's mass: 2.5 kg
    • The cart's weight: 2.5 N
    • The cart's inverse mass: 2.5 per kg
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Find the relationship in a data table and graph. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can find a slope from two points, and say what it means and what its units are (velocity, density, acceleration, stretch per newton).
  • I can name direct, inverse and square relationships from a graph's shape and from what ×2 does in a table.
  • I can straighten a curve by plotting against t², 1/v or √L.
  • I can predict from inverse, square and square-root patterns: a cart's time, a dropped ball's distance, a pendulum's period.

Standard: practices (no PE)

Words to know

slope: Change up ÷ change across: rise over run

directly proportional: ×2 one quantity gives ×2 the other; a line through zero

inversely proportional: ×2 one quantity gives ÷2 the other

proportional to the square: ×2 one quantity gives ×4 the other

linearize: Change what you plot so the graph becomes a straight line

Common mistakes

Your child assumed the line goes through zero. A line with a starting value is not proportional, so the start has to be added back.

Your child used the slope alone. A rate gives the change; the position also needs the starting value or a point on the line.

Your child scaled the reading in proportion to the distance. First find how the data change when the input changes by a factor, then use that exponent.

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with find the relationship in a data table and graph?

Your child assumed the line goes through zero. A line with a starting value is not proportional, so the start has to be added back.

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