In this past week of Physics, we have did the ball lab. In this lab we recorded a person tossing a volleyball up as well as catching it when it comes back down. We have studied 3 graphs of this motion. A distance vs. time graph, velocity vs. time graph, and an acceleration vs. time graph. In this picture, I am basically applying the same concepts that we were experimenting with in the lab. I have learned that if you throw something up with a "x" velocity, the moment it returns to its origin it's traveling at the same speed as it's initial speed, but in the opposite direction. So as I threw my sock up into the air, when it reached the point I released it, it was traveling at the same speed. Then, it continued to accelerate faster as gravity pulled it down until it came to a complete stop when it hit the ground.
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