ENTIUM
SILVER
Chargy
ENERGY STAR
Name
Below is some data collected about a rollercoaster ride at an amusement park. Your tasks are to use this
data to make 3 different graphs and answer some questions. Each row of data below is showing 3 pieces
of information:
Positions on a Rollercoaster
1. The amount of time that has passed from the start of the ride
2. How far the ride has moved horizontally (left and right).
3. How far the ride has moved vertically (up and down)
Time (s)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
The goal of this exercise is to practice graphing different pieces of data, but we will soon learn more
about these graphs and different things we can learn from them!
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Per
Horizontal
Position (m)
0
1
2
4
7
11
17
21
22
21
17
13
12
13
17
21
24
27
29
31
33
Vertical
Position (m)
11
11
11
8
5
1
0
2
5
8
10
8
5
2
0
0
0
3
5
7
7