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Project 1: Speed Lab

Lab Report
Name: Yousif Alobaidi

EXPERIMENTAL QUESTION: Does weight affect the speed of an object rolling

down a ramp?
Is weight an important factor when it comes to determining how fast something rolls down a
ramp?
HYPOTHESIS – 10 pts
Think back to your hypothesis from the pre-lab quiz. Restate your hypothesis here and be sure to
read feedback that may have been left from your instructor. Remember to use an “If……,
then…….” statement. Remember: You can get the hypothesis from the “Pre-Lab Quiz”.

If I added more action figures then the car will surely slow done more.

MATERIALS – 5 pts
List the materials used in your experiment.

Car, ramp, and four action figures

1 toy car 3 objects which can used as weights such as “figures” or quarter coins a ramp at least 2 m
long a stopwatch or device that can act as a digital timer (cell phone or online stopwatch) a ruler a
pencil or marker
PROCEDURE – 5 pts
Make a numbered, step by step list of short instructions describing how the experiment was
performed. The procedure should have enough detail so that another person could follow and
repeat the experiment.

Release the toy car down the ramp with no weight added. Record the time it takes to travel the whole
length of the ramp in table 1. Be sure to add units. Repeat Step 1 two more times with no weight and
record these times in Table 1. Attach one weight (figure or coin) to the toy car. Repeat Steps 1 and 2.
Attach two weights (figures or coins) to the toy car. Repeat Steps 1 and 2. Attach three weights
(figures or coins) to the toy car. Repeat Steps 1 and 2. Measure the distance of the whole ramp and
record in Table 2.

RESULTS: Data Table – 10 pts

Please record your data in the table provided. You can edit this table, if you need to, but you
must include all of your raw data from the experiment. (Be sure to include units!).
Data Table 1: Time

Number of weights added Time (s)

to car
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Average Time

1 figure 3.76 s 3.92 s 4.15 s 3.943

2 figure 4.05 s 4.07 s 4.04 s 4.053

4 figures 3.87 s 4.10 s 3.80 s 3.91

RESULTS: Calculations – 10 pts
Calculate the average speed of each toy using the formula:

𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 ÷ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒

Be sure to add units of measurement.

Distance Traveled
Number of weights Average Time Speed of Toy
on Ramp
added to car (from Table 1) (add units)
(Length of ramp)

2 figure 1.2192 11.83 0.103060017 m/s

2 figure 1.2192 12.16 0.100263158 m/s

4 figure 1.2192 11.73 0.103585387 m/s

ANALYSIS - 20 pts
1) Consider your results from the data table. What pattern emerges? is the trend a positive,
negative, or neutral relationship. Use complete sentences in your explanation. (5 pts)

2) Justify your choice in trend by using data as evidence from your Data Table. Use
complete sentences in your explanation. (15 pts)

1) The relationship that exists between the independent and dependent variable is an
inverse relationship. An inverse relationship is when the independent variable increases
then the dependent variable decreases. I think that the relationship they have is an
inverse relationship because when the weight increases that makes the time decrease
which makes it an inverse relationship.
CONCLUSION – 30 pts
In your conclusion include the following:

1. Restate the hypothesis and whether it is supported or not. Use data as evidence. For
evidence, refer to your data table. (Use complete sentences.) (10 pts)

2. Make inferences to explain your results. Reference the Background section of the Project
1: Speed Lab Introduction page. Suggestions: What do you think is causing the results
you are seeing? For example, why do you think the object rolled down the ramp the way
it did? (5 pts)

3. Review the constants you listed in the pre-lab quiz. List them and describe how they
could have influenced the results of this experiment. (5 pts)

4. Make a suggestion for how you could improve this experiment to provide more evidence.
How could you manipulate the experimental constants, including but not limited to: the
car, the ramp, materials used, added weights, method of timing, etc. (5 pts)

5. Summarize the experiment. Suggestion: discuss the real world applications from the
findings of this experiment. (5 pts)

1) My hypothesis was " If the weight added inside the car is increased, then this will decrease
the time it takes to go down the ramp.". This hypothesis is supported because the car with
the most action figures went down the fastest and the results had the smallest average time.

2) An inference I can make based on the results is that all the action figures weighed the same.

3) A possible source of error for this project was maybe the stopwatch was not clicked on time,
which can affect the results. Another possible source of error was that maybe some figures
weighed more than others.

4) 2.Something that I learned from this experiment is that the more weight something has the
faster it will go down.

Review your document for spelling, capitalization, grammar, and other writing
conventions. Writing conventions account for 10 points on this project.
Submit this project in Lesson 5: Connections and Review