Cameron Shull

Number: 321

Title: Rolling Ball Lab Lab Partners: Smith D. Joanna H. Objectives: to explore the relationship of velocity and acceleration for a ball rolling down an incline plane to calculate the velocity of the ball rolling along the floor and describe the motion of the ball as it rolls down the incline. Materials: metal ball bearing, books, masking tape, triangular ruler, stopwatch, meter stick Diagram:

Procedures: You set up the ramp and measure out the distance for each length you are assigned. Then you drop the ball and time it 3 times then average that. For the reading gates, you do the same thing except put the gates at the measured length instead of timing it yourself. Distance (m) .5 .5 Time (s) .3 .3

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Number: 321

.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

.3 Average .3 .6 .6 .6 Average .6 .9 .9 .8 Average .86 1.4 1.4 1.4 Average 1.4 1.8 1.8 1.7 Average 1.76 2.1 2.1 2.2 Average 2.13 1.9 1.4 1.4 Average 1.6

Analysis:

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Number: 321

Distance (m) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3

Time (s) .011740 .011490 .009148 .008385 .008850 0 average: .0099166 .013000 .011993 .12299 .009827 .010803 3 average: .0115844

Velocity: D/T 3 meters velocity: .0155/.0115844= 1.33801 0 meters velocity: .0155/.0099166= 1.56304

Conclusion: My group discovered that the velocity is constant for the most part. It is known to be true because the data that we collected and analyzed turned out to be similar to others. Because of the friction from the ball and the floor, the ball doesnt go as far, and will continue decreasing in speed. We drew the line of best fit because the data varies; we have to get the slope of the data to calculate certain parts. The motion of the ball traveling down the ramp has a constant velocity and accelerating speed. As the ball hits the floor, its velocity decreases. The balls acceleration is not constant. My data predictions compared to the actual calculations were correct. Limitations on the equipment affected our results because the tools didnt always work properly. A further experiment could be getting better equipment and redoing the steps to improve the data. A new hypothesis could be if we made the ball heavier whether or not it would go faster or slower. Some human errors could have been made when we timed it ourselves instead of using the photo gates because we couldve started it or ended it too early or too late.

Cameron Shull

Number: 321

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