Final Velocity Lab
Mass Affecting Final Velocity
Name: Anlin Pereira
Class: 11C
The lab was conducted on 24th September 2014
Teacher: Ms. Timlin
Research question:
How does the mass (grams) affect the final velocity (m/s) of the toy car on a one meter ramp?
Aim:
To carry out an investigation to prove that factors such as mass (grams) affects the final velocity (m/s) of an object as it travels a straight line and has a constant acceleration (m/s²).
Hypothesis:
It is predicted that the mass of the moving object i.e. the toy car, affects its final velocity as there are other factors at play when an object is on a surface, such as friction, which also increase with mass and affects the objects final velocity. Identifying factors that may influence the final …show more content…
Why?
Distance(m) The distance can be controlled by measuring and only calculating the time taken by the car from a fixed point to another and keep it the same for all the trials. In order to get accurate results for the time taken by the car for each trial, keeping the distance for the car equal will help in giving precise data.
Car Keep the same car for all the trials so that the mass of the car would be the same and there wouldn’t be a change in mass for all the first, second etc. part of the trial giving accurate results. By changing cars for each trial, the different cars will not be able to give the same results as the other car would have hence, varying the results when doing the experiment
Angle(ᵒ) The angle of the slope should be kept the same at all times (to show that the cars sloping at this particular angle) for all the trials in the experiment. Different angles will give different results making the results of the experiment inaccurate.
Ramp Utilize only one ramp during the experiment in order to get accurate results. Using different ramps can be of various sizes, shapes and texture which can affect the
Name: Anlin Pereira
Class: 11C
The lab was conducted on 24th September 2014
Teacher: Ms. Timlin
Research question:
How does the mass (grams) affect the final velocity (m/s) of the toy car on a one meter ramp?
Aim:
To carry out an investigation to prove that factors such as mass (grams) affects the final velocity (m/s) of an object as it travels a straight line and has a constant acceleration (m/s²).
Hypothesis:
It is predicted that the mass of the moving object i.e. the toy car, affects its final velocity as there are other factors at play when an object is on a surface, such as friction, which also increase with mass and affects the objects final velocity. Identifying factors that may influence the final …show more content…
Why?
Distance(m) The distance can be controlled by measuring and only calculating the time taken by the car from a fixed point to another and keep it the same for all the trials. In order to get accurate results for the time taken by the car for each trial, keeping the distance for the car equal will help in giving precise data.
Car Keep the same car for all the trials so that the mass of the car would be the same and there wouldn’t be a change in mass for all the first, second etc. part of the trial giving accurate results. By changing cars for each trial, the different cars will not be able to give the same results as the other car would have hence, varying the results when doing the experiment
Angle(ᵒ) The angle of the slope should be kept the same at all times (to show that the cars sloping at this particular angle) for all the trials in the experiment. Different angles will give different results making the results of the experiment inaccurate.
Ramp Utilize only one ramp during the experiment in order to get accurate results. Using different ramps can be of various sizes, shapes and texture which can affect the