PREDICT Type your predictions below each question. Jaquan 1.

How will adding a load to your vehicle change the way it moves?
The vehicle will come slower in ways that you put the blocks on. 2. How can you change your vehicle so that it holds the two wood blocks while it moves? The lesser blocks you put up there on the vehicle it will come faster. GRAPHING DATA: HOW LOAD AFFECTS THE TIME A VEHICLE TRAVELS Names: Date: RED X = vehicle only BLUE X = vehicle + 1 wood block GREEN X = vehicle + 2 wood blocks

NUMBER OF WASHERS WE WILL USE: 18

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TIME IN SECONDS Now look at your dots. About how long did it take your vehicle to travel while carrying each of the following loads? (Use the median of the five trials to record the numbers below.

Vehicle only (Red Xs) _ seconds :2 Vehicle + 1 block (Blue Xs) _ seconds; 3 Vehicle + 2 blocks (Green Xs) _ seconds:4