A cart is accelerated down a nearly frictionless inclined plane.
Inclined plane marble experiment lab report.
Be familiar with galileo s inclined plane.
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An example of potential energy is a stretched out rubber band the farther you stretch it the more potential energy it has.
In our experiment we will model galileo s ramp and his determination of the behavior for naturally occurring accelerated motion by using an inclined plane a motion detector and the labpro software.
In this experiment the inclined plane makes work easier by allowing gravity without any help from you to move the marble down the ramp.
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Generally having a greater mass means that a rolling object such as a ball will have a greater moment of inertia.
When building a marble run your child will likely discover that tilting a cardboard tube and lowering one end will make the marble move.
The purpose of this experiment is to measure the acceleration due to gravity g.
Divide the ramp s length into six equal parts and mark the six positions on the board with pieces of tape.
Steel ball bearing or marble wood block stopwatch tape meter stick protractor procedure.
Understand the relationships between distance time average speed instantaneous speed and acceleration.
Potential energy is the energy that is stored in an object.
Created for doc s physics class produced by madison plummer class of 2013.
The force an acceleration for cart accelerated down an inclined plane is studied as function of the angle of incline.
Acceleration due to gravity example 1 date.
Set up a ramp with the angle of the incline at about 10 to the horizontal as shown in figure a.
As we conduct our experiment we will gradually increase the incline s angle of elevation recording the height between the top of the table and.
Your child has created an inclined plane a concept of physical science that is called a simple machine simple machines include.
Observe and measure motion on an inclined plane.
If we assume ยต 0 then the acceleration of the cart down the plane is given by.
For many years the effects of mass on objects rolling down an inclined plane have been studied and well known.
