Student Copy of One Dimensional Kinematics (Motion Diagrams)

1) A man slowly walks out of his house with his dog for 4 seconds.

2) The dog stops to use the bathroom next to the fire hydrant and does his business for another 6 seconds.

3) Soon after, the dog sees a squirrel and sprints after it. The man sprints after the dog for the next 2 seconds.

4) The man stops the dog and scolds him for 2 seconds.

5) After getting strange looks from everyone, he realizes that he doesn’t have a dog so he starts to jog back home with his jump rope. This takes him 4 seconds.

1) An ant slowly sneaks into a grasshopper’s hut and finds his way to the central office in 6 seconds.

2) A giant grasshopper spots the ant and chases the ant out of the hut. The grasshopper continues to chase him out into the wilderness, which takes a total of 4 seconds.

3) The grasshopper catches the ant and leaves him buried in the ground forever.

Jim walked 10 m down the school hallway, from the cafeteria to the band room. Cindy, who has developed an interest in Jim, records his position every 2 s and notes that he moved 2.6 m every 2 s.