Clicker Questions for Forces and
Motion Activity 2
Trish Loeblein [Link]
Learning Goals:
Students will be able to:
•Use free body diagrams to draw position,
velocity, acceleration and force graphs and vice
versa
•Explain how the graphs relate to one another.
•Given a scenario or a graph, sketch all four
graphs
1. A car is traveling along a
road. Its acceleration is recorded
as a function of time.
acceleration
time
1. Which Total force-time graph
would best match the scenario?
A B C
f f f
o o o
r r r
c c c
e e e
time time time
2. A cabinet is speeding up as it
slides right across the room. Which
of the following is a possible free
body diagram?
A B C
3. A car is traveling along a
road. Its velocity is recorded
as a function of time.
3. Which would be the
Total force-time graph?
A B C
f f f
o o o
r r r
c c c
e e e
time time time
4. A car is moving towards
the right. Then a force is
applied and the free body
diagram looks like this Force
diagram
Draw what you think the position-
time graph would look like.
4. Which position-time graph
best matches your idea?