College of Engineering - Fall 2022

Physics I Lab (0108104)

Lab Report

Student ID Number: 202211093

Student Name: Ayman M. Y. Alswaitti

Experiment Name: Freely Falling Objects

Experiment Number: No.2

Experiment Date: 08/09/2022

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 Beginning (1 point) Developing (2 points) Proficient (3 points) Advanced (4 points)
Points Total
Introduction and Moderately demonstrated Almost clear introduction Well demonstrated
Objective of the Poorly demonstrated
introduction and objectives and objectives related to the introduction and objectives
experiment or introduction and objectives
related to the experiment’s or experiment’s or simulation’s related to the experiment’s or x4
simulation (16%) related to the experiment’s or
simulation’s scientific scientific principle and simulation’s scientific
simulation’s scientific principle
principle background principle and background
Data is not collected or Data is collected during the Data is mostly correctly
collected during the experiment experiment but data is not collected during the Data is correctly collected
Data Collection,
but data is not interpreted interpreted but accurately, experiment and data is during the experiment and
Findings and x6
accurately or data is collected preciously and clearly or mostly interpreted data is interpreted accurately,
Observations (24%)
with a significant error data is collected with a accurately, preciously and preciously and clearly.
percentage moderate error percentage clearly.
Clear Diagrams,
Most Figures and diagrams are Some Figures and diagrams Majority of Figures and
Charts, Figures and All Figures and diagrams are
not neat, or not properly titled are not neat, or not properly diagrams are neat, properly
plots with proper neat, properly titled and the
and the X and Y axes are titled and the X and Y axes titled and the X and Y axes x5
labels and captions X and Y axes are labeled
labeled are labeled are labeled
(20%)
A moderate discussion that is Almost comprehensive A comprehensive discussion
developed and supported discussion that is mostly that is fully developed and
linking some findings in the developed and supported supported linking all findings
Analysis and Discussion is absent or
experiment to the theoretical linking most findings in the in the experiment to the
Discussions of the inaccurate or uses data that was
principles. Moderate level of experiment to the theoretical theoretical principles. Well-
experiment findings not collected in the accordance
discussion to data that has principles. Discussion refers written discussion to data
(20%) with the lab guidelines
been collected in the to data that has been that has been collected in the x5
accordance with the lab collected in the accordance accordance with the lab
guidelines with the lab guidelines guidelines
Most conclusions are stated Precisely stated conclusions
Absence of conclusion or Some conclusions are stated and summary of the results
and almost complete
Conclusions and conclusions that are not precise and incomplete summary of including strengths and
summary of the results x4
Summary (16%) or missing the experiment the results including limitations
including strengths and
strengths and limitations strengths and limitations
limitations
Unclear title. Some sections, Title describes the
Absent or unrelated title. Title clearly describes the
but not all, are not labeled experiment. Sections are
Sections are missing labels or experiment. Sections are
correctly or not ordered in a mostly well labeled and well
not labeled correctly. Sections well labeled and well
Communication logical sequence. Multiple ordered in a logical
are not in a logical sequence. ordered in a logical
Skills (4%) spelling and grammar sequence. Scientific writing
Numerous spelling and sequence. Scientific writing x1
mistakes. Parts of the report style with a small number of
grammar mistakes. Non- style with no spelling or
have non-scientific writing spelling or grammar
scientific writing style. grammar mistakes.
style. mistakes.

Lab Report Final Grade

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 100

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PRE-LAB
Q1) Given the radius of earth = 6.37 ×10 6 m

And the mass of earth = 5.96 ×1024 kg

And the universal gravitation constant G = 6.67259 ×10−11 N m2 /kg 2

We know the formula to calculate g
G × M earth
, g= 2
r
−11 24
6.67259× 10 × 5.96× 10
.¿ 6 2
(6.37 ×10 )

39.7686364 ×1013
.¿
40.5769 ×1012
. ¿ 0.980 ×10
. g=9.8 m/s 2

Q2) The value of g decreases with increasing altitude above the Earth’s surface.

Introduction
The term "freely falling object" does not always relate to an item that has been dropped from
rest. Any object traveling freely under the influence of only gravity is said to be freely falling,
regardless of how it started off.
Once released, both objects that are flung upward or downward and those that are released from
rest all fall freely. Regardless of how it started, every item in free fall undergoes a downward
acceleration.

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Objectives
 To illustrate an important experimental technique: isolation of variables to study the
relation between a pair of variables by holding all others constant.
 To introduce graphical analysis as a tool for determining the relation between
variables.
 To investigate the physical quantities which influence the freely falling objects.
 Measure the gravity acceleration practically and compare it with the exact value

Equipment
1- IEC ‘Free Fall Apparatus’
2- IEC timer LB4064-101
3- stainless steel ball

Measurements:
2 2
Trial No. h (cm) t (sec) t (sec )
1 10 0.1499 0.0224
2 20 0.2087 0.0435
3 30 0.2536 0.0643
4 40 0.2917 0.0850
5 50 0.3255 0.1059
6 60 0.3551 0.1260
7 70 0.3825 0.1463
8 80 0.4093 0.1675
9 90 0.4338 0.1881

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 10 100 0.4570 0.2088

Graphs:

120
h vs t

100

80

60

40

20

0
0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 0.5

h vs t2
120

100

80

60

40

20

0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25

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Analysis and Discussion:
As you can see in h vs t the line is curved because of the t is changing due the height, but on the
h vs t 2 the line is a straight line.
The numbers are increasing because we are going up with every 10cm the time increases,
because whenever the height increases 10cm it would take the ball more time to reach the end.
The numbers we got were expected because we know if we go higher the time would increase,
my experiment relate to the title because the experiment about freely falling objects the whole
point of the experiment is to see the free-falling object and take the time it took to reach the end.

Answers to the Review Questions:

|Xmeasured −Xtrue| |11.436 × 9.81|
Q1) PE= × 100 % = ×100 % = 1143.6
Xtrue 9.81
y 2− y 1 1−0.8 1 2 g= 2 ×h
Q2) Slope = = 2 2 = 5.718 h= g t = 2 =11.436
x 2−x 1 (0.45) −(0.4093) 2 t

Conclusions and Lessons Learned:

In the end this experiment taught us some important stuff such as how to Measure the gravity
acceleration practically and compare it with the exact value, also how to investigate the physical
quantities which influence the freely falling objects.

Sources of Errors:

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Some sources of error were the breathing of the human it can affect the stainless-steel ball to take
more time in falling, also the wind is a source of error.