OwlSheets
Rocket Launch Day: Telemetry Model Review worksheet preview

WorksheetPremium

Rocket Launch Day: Telemetry Model Review

Analyze rocket launch-day functions using equations, tables, and graphs to distinguish linear models from nonlinear models.

Grade 8MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to8.F.A.3

Buy this worksheet: $1.50

Or unlock every Premium worksheet with Premium

PrintUnlock to print
Answer keyUnlock to see answers
Assign to classUnlock to assign with a class code

What’s included

  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 13 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 8
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students recognize y = mx + b as a linear function with a straight-line graph.
  • Students distinguish linear and nonlinear functions using equations, tables, and graphs.
  • Students justify nonlinear examples using changes in outputs.

How to use

Use after introducing linear functions. Have students mark evidence of constant or changing rates, then discuss the final reasoning task.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

8.F.A.3

Read y = mx + b as a linear function whose graph is a straight line, and give examples of functions that are not linear.

Preview

OwlSheets.com

Name Date

Rocket Launch Day: Telemetry Model Review

Decide which launch-day functions have straight-line graphs.

Control Screen Rules

Read each rule over its stated inputs. Choose or write the requested answer.

1.
During a short guide-rail test, a model rocket's height is modeled by y = 2.5x + 0.8. Here x is seconds after the test begins and y is height in meters. Which description fits this model?
  • A. Its graph is a line that rises 0.8 meter each second.
  • B. Its graph is a curve that rises 2.5 meters each second.
  • C. Its graph is a line that starts at a height of 0.8 meter.
  • D. Its graph is a curve that starts at a height of 0.8 meter.
2.
The launch computer tests these function rules for all real inputs x. Select every rule whose graph is a straight line.

y = x/4 − 3y = x² − 3y = 6y = 2ˣy = 5(x − 2) + 1

3.
Match each calibration rule to its graph description.
  1. y = −2x + 5
  2. y = 4
  3. y = 0.5x
  1. A. A horizontal straight line through (0, 4).
  2. B. A rising straight line through (0, 0).
  3. C. A falling straight line through (0, 5).

The preview shows the first questions. Unlock the worksheet to see all of it.

Related worksheets