Graphing Summative Review Quiz

Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, and Patrick Mahomes are part of the NFL. They are trying to understand the factors that might influence the number of injuries in their league. Can you guess what the independent variable in their study might be?

• Type of field they play on

• Number of injuries

• Type of cleats they wear

• Position each player plays

Imagine Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, and Patrick Mahomes are part of the NFL. During the season, they sustain various injuries. If we are analyzing the injuries they sustain during the matches, what would be the dependent variable in our analysis?

• Type of turf they are playing on

• Number of injuries they sustain

• Type of cleats they are wearing

• Position they are playing in football

Tom, Jerry, and Spike are part of an NFL team. They're trying to figure out what could be the controlled variables (constants) in a study about injuries in their team's NFL players. Can you help them settle this?

• Type of field and football being used

• Number of injuries and type of football boots

• Type of football boots and football being used

• Type of field and number of injuries

When is the potential energy (PE) of the football at its lowest in the scenario from the picture?

• Just after the football is thrown by a player

• Just before a player is about to throw the NFL football

• When the football is at its peak in the air

• When the football is lying stationary on the field

When is the kinetic energy (KE) of the ball in this scenario close to 0?

• When the player is about to kick the football

• Just after the player kicks the football

• When the ball is halfway to it's peak

• When the football is on its way back from it's peak

Imagine an NFL coach, who has a team of players including Tom, Aaron, and Patrick. The coach is trying to analyze the performance of each player based on the number of touchdowns they scored in the season. Which type of graph would best represent this data?

• Pie chart

• Line graph

• Bar graph

• Scatter plot

Elijah, Priya, and Harper are all NFL fans. Who among them was the quickest to reach the NFL stadium for the game?

• A. Elijah

• B. Priya

• C. Harper

• None of them

Imagine you are a coach of an NFL team which includes players like Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, and Patrick Mahomes. You want to track the number of touchdowns each player scores in each game throughout the season. Which type of graph would best illustrate this data over time?

• Pie chart

• Line graph

• Bar graph

• Scatter plot

Imagine an NFL game between two teams. The punter of one team kicks the ball high into the air to clear it from his area. When do you think the football's potential energy (PE) is at its maximum?

• When the ball is at the bottom of its trajectory

• When the ball is at the top of its trajectory

• Halfway up its trajectory

• When the punter is not kicking the ball

Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, and Patrick Mahomes are all quarterbacks in the NFL. They've been training rigorously for their upcoming games. In a study about the impact of their training on their game performance, which would be the dependent variable?

• Type of training they are undergoing

• Their improvement in performance

• Duration of their training

• Intensity of their training