Results:
These will be your data charts and graphs. (you may construct your graph
by hand or use Excel)
Construct
a data chart similar to the one below for each car!
Car
#___________
|
Time
(s) |
Distance
(cm) |
Velocity
(cm/s) |
Acceleration
(v/s) |
1 |
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2 |
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3 |
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4 |
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5 |
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6 |
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7 |
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8 |
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9 |
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10 |
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11 |
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12 |
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13 |
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14 |
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15 |
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*
remember units |
Discussion:
- Summarize
what you did.
- Comment
on the difficulties of measuring distance.
- Indicate
which cars showed constant velocity and which showed acceleration.
- Indicate
which cars showed a net force.
- Indicate
whether or not you correctly identified the cars which were acted upon
by a net force.
- Comment
on sources of error.
- Suggest
improvements.
Conclusion:
(not required)
Reflection:
(personal
commentary on what you learned from the activity and/or its application
to real life) |