Measuring Motion Using a Ticker Timer [Worksheet]

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Content:

• How ticker timers record motion
• Determining the type of motion from ticker timer data
• Measuring distance and time recorded by a ticker timer
• Calculating speed from ticker timer data
• Calculating acceleration and deceleration from ticker timer data
• Graphing the data recorded by a ticker timer
• Interpreting a distance-time graph created from ticker timer data

Includes:

• Unit outline.
• Cloze activity (fill in the blanks).
• Short-answer questions.
• Teacher version containing complete answers.

Learning outcomes:

• Describe how a ticker timer works.
• Identify the type of motion recorded by a ticker timer.
• Calculate the average speed of an object using a ticker timer.
• Calculate the acceleration or deceleration of an object using a ticker timer.
• Graph the data recorded by a ticker timer.
• Interpret a graph produced from ticker timer data.

This worksheet is included in the Motion Worksheet Bundle, which contains the following worksheets:

• Distance and Displacement, Speed and Velocity
• Acceleration
• Distance-Time Graphs and Displacement-Time Graphs
• Speed-Time Graphs
• Measuring Motion Using a Ticker Timer

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