Please make a prediction on the future results of the activity by selecting True or False from the drop down

menu for the

following three statements.
True or False?
Predictions: Gravitational acceleration will be greater for the golf ball than for the ping pong ball. TRUE

The crumpled piece of paper will have a greater velocity when it hits the ground compared to the
TRUE
velocity of the uncrumpled piece of paper.

Procedure: Please conduct 4 different sets of trials for this activity. You will drop the objects from the same relative height for
each test. The reference point will be the top of the wall overlooking the courtyard by Building 3. You will repeat dropping
each object 3 times to reduce experiemental error. Please report the time intervals and all calculations to the hundreths
place (two decimals or X.XX)

Time it took
the object to
Trial Number Item Being Dropped Test Number hit the ground
after being
released (s)

1 golf ball 1 2.10

XXX 2 1.90
XXX 3 2.00
1 XXX Average 2.00
2 ping pong ball 1 2.60
XXX 2 2.40
XXX 3 2.50
2 XXX Average 2.50
3 uncrumpled paper 1 5.80
XXX 2 7.60
XXX 3 10.50
 3 XXX Average 7.97
4 crumpled paper 1 2.80
XXX 2 2.70
XXX 3 2.90
4 XXX Average 2.80

Please calculate the average time it took the objects to impact the ground and put it into the data table above.
Please round your average to the hundreths place (two decimals or X.XX)

Please complete the data table above. For Average Drop Velocity, please use the formula for speed (distance / time). For
Impact Velocity of Drop, please use the formula Average Drop Velocity x 2. For Downward Acceleration, please use the
formula Drop Impact Velocity / Time. Please use the acceleration formula to calculate the Floor Acceleration.

Average Drop Average Drop Drop Impact Downward

Item Being Height of the Drop Time Velocity Velocity Acceleration
Trial Number Dropped (m) (s) (m/s) (m/s) (m/s2)
1 golf ball 5.25 2.00 2.63 5.25 2.63
2 ping pong ball
uncrumpled 5.25 2.50 2.10 4.20 1.68
3 paper
crumpled 5.25 7.97 0.66 1.32 0.17
4 paper 5.25 2.80 1.87 3.75 1.34

Please indicate whether each of your predictions from above were accurate before starting the activity by
selecting Yes or No from the drop down menu.

Were you
Prediction? correct?
(Yes or No)

Gravitational acceleration will be greater for the golf ball than for the ping pong ball. 1 Yes

The crumpled piece of paper will have a greater velocity when it hits the ground compared to
1 Yes
the velocity of the uncrumpled piece of paper.
Please take a few moments to reflect on your data while you are responding to the following prompts.

1. Your "Downward Acceleration" calculated above is mostly related to the acceleration due to gravity on objects in free fall.
The accepted value for this acceleration is roughly 10 m/s 2. Looking at the golf ball, ping pong ball and crumpled piece of paper,
how do your values compare to the accepted value?

our values do not compare to the accepted value.

2. Your "Downward Acceleration" calculated above for the uncrumpled paper should be significantly different than the
accepted value of roughly 10 m/s2. Why do you think this number was so far off?

the air resistance created by the flat surface of the paper caused it to fall slowly.

3. For each of your items dropped, you repeated the drop three different times and then calculated the average time of the
drops. Was this an effort reduce errors in precision or errors in accuracy? Please explain your answer.

this was to reduce errors in data by testing consistensy

4. If any of your predictions for this investigation were incorrect, please reflect on how this activity changed your understanding
of the acceleration of objects due to gravity.

i think we where able to predict how each object would fall.

i think we where able to predict how each object would fall.
Yes 10
No 20 golf ball
30 ping pong ball
1 40 uncrumpled paper
0 50 crumpled paper
60
70
80
90
100
2.63
2.10
0.66
1.88