Kendall Widdel - Physics Lab 3

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Name: Kendall Widdel E-mail address: kwiddel@vols.utk.edu Laboratory 3 Report The goal of this experiment is to learn more about Newtons 2 nd law of motion, to help us understand acceleration, gravity, and the movement of an object. Observation Describe the motion as the ball is falling. The ball falls straight down Estimate how long it takes the ball to reach the floor. About 3 seconds What can you say about the speed of the ball as a function of the distance it has already fallen? The ball’s speed would increase the closer it got to the ground If you drop the ball from about half of your height, does it take approximately half the time to reach the floor? About half the time yes, but it would not have as fast of speed by the end because it was a shorter distance Experiment 1
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 Position vs Time Time (s) Position (m) Describe your graph. Does it resemble a straight line? If not, what does it look like? The graph has a positive slope and is increasing at an increasing rate Was the ball moving with constant velocity? How can you tell? The ball was not moving at a constant velocity because it began to curve upward as the time got longer, meaning the position increased at a faster rate. Describe your graph. Does it resemble a straight line? If not, what does it look like? The graph does not resemble a straight line as it has a bunch of jumps in it as the Velocity was not constant
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 f(x) = 0.37 x + 0.64 Velocity vs Time Time (s) Velocity (m/s) What value do you obtain for the acceleration of the ball? How does your experimental value of the magnitude of the acceleration compare to the accepted value of the magnitude of the acceleration of a free-falling object? Reminder: percent difference = 100%* |accepted value - experimental value|/accepted value The acceleration of the ball would be the slope of the trendline, being 10.133 m/s^2. The experimental value would 3.4% because 100x|9.8-10.133|/9.8 = 3.4 What factors do you think may cause your experimental value to be different from the accepted value? In other words, what are some possible sources of error? Some factors that may cause the experimental value to be difference from the accepted value would be human error, like if the calibration wasn’t done correctly, or if the person did not click the exact same spot on the ball as it was falling then it would mess up the results. Paste your position versus time graph (with trendline) into your log.
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