PREDICT Type your predictions below each question. 1.

How will adding a load to your vehicle change the way it moves?
It will make it harder to move. 2. How can you change your vehicle so that it holds the two wood blocks while it moves? By making changes to your car beam and that is how you make it hold the two blocks. GRAPHING DATA: HOW LOAD AFFECTS THE TIME A VEHICLE TRAVELS Names: Tristin Horta Date: RED X = vehicle only BLUE X = vehicle + 1 wood block GREEN X = vehicle + 2 wood blocks

NUMBER OF WASHERS WE WILL USE: 25

X 97 X x X

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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) _ seconds59 millseconds

Vehicle + 1 block (Blue Xs) _ seconds1 Vehicle + 2 blocks (Green Xs) _ seconds5