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Name: Samantha Wangler Date: 01/22/24 Lab 01 – Velocity and Acceleration Q1. Which color represents velocity? Answer: Green Q2. Which color represents acceleration? Answer: Blue Q3. Is the red ball speeding up or slowing down when the velocity and acceleration vec- tors are pointing in the same direction? Answer: Speeding up Q4. Is the red ball speeding up or slowing down when the velocity and acceleration vec- tors are pointing in opposite directions? Answer: Slowing down Q5. When you drag the red ball across the screen – from a stopped/standing position – in any direction, which vector shows up first? What does this mean in terms of the mo- tion of the ball? Answer: By dragging the red ball, I observe that its velocity increases, and by slowing the motion of the red ball then deceleration is produced, the deceleration vector is al- ways opposite to the acceleration vector. Q6. In uniform circular motion, in which direction is the velocity vector pointing? Answer: The velocity changes at every point due to a change in direction. The green ar- row length is changing while the blue arrow remains constant. Q7. In uniform circular motion, in which direction is the acceleration vector pointing? Answer: The acceleration remains constant. Q8: What is another example of a two-body system that this circular motion could repre- sent? Answer: The body’s speed is constant, but its velocity is not constant. This changing ve- locity indicates the presence of an acceleration.
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