Lab 5 B Friction Lab

How was this lab activity similar to other labs that you have done in the past?

To create a mousetrap car and measure its performance. We will also see where force and energy is impacting on the performance, for example friction will impact on the cars performance as it generates heat and slows to car down thus meaning that the car may not travel as far as it should. Another force that is demonstrated in testing of the car kinetic energy, without kinetic energy the car would not travel at all.

The object furthest to the right is the motion detector that will measure the object's position and time and send it to the LabQuest. The object to the far left is the stopper that will stop the cart after it has completed its run. The materials we needed to complete this lab was a motion detector, a cart, ruler, cart track, and LabQuest. The motion detector measured the time as soon as the cart was set in motion and delivered the data to the LabQuest. The cart was used to measure the velocity for each run. The cart track was the medium we used to push the cart down and collect

from the results. Here is an example of a conclusion for the acetic acid experiment used in

Write theories for each of your experiments performed here. They may not be the same as anyone else!

Please explain the purpose of this lab. Include in your explanation the major concepts you learned and any safety concerns associated with the lab.

Please explain the purpose of this lab. Include in your explanation the major concepts you learned and any safety concerns associated with the lab.

The lab 4.1 “What a Drag” was mainly about how friction affects most of our everyday things that people do or use . The “What a Drag” lab shows how friction can pull a block over 5 different surfaces. The different surfaces for each block has a different weight . On the Other hand, each of the surface area has a different surface but each blocks are the same.

The aim of the experiment is to examine how the acceleration of the car differs when the angle of inclination of the ramp is amplified and to record and analyse findings.

The background research had talked about different types and sizes of wheel and the distance in can cover in a certain amount of time.

This lab was pretty cool because we got to do numerous tests and see different but similar results. I learned how Newton’s Third Law works and it’s very cool. Newton’s third law happens in everyday life. For example, fighting over the remote control with your brother, you both add an equal and opposite reaction of force. Overall this lab was fun and a learning lesson. I had a great time with this fun

The main objective of this lab was to measure the friction force it takes to start moving a weighted block across a table, and as it continued to move. This force was tested experimentally in three separate ways. The force was then solved graphically and mathematically through six different runs per method. TALK ABOUT RESULTS HERE.

How does it go faster down the ramp when the incline changes?My Dependent variable is Speed. The speed will

They are given several minutes to explore. Students must find a desirable question to research and conduct the experiment based on their observations.

The time for one oscillation was found by dividing the amount of oscillations (20) done by the time taken for them= 31.4720 = 1.57s