The Effect of a Falling Object's Weight On Its The Terminal Velocity
There are a number of factors that effect terminal velocity, such as
surface area, weight of object, height from which it is dropped, and
wind. I have chosen to investigate the weight of the object. It will
be the only variable that I change.
AIM:
The aim of this investigation is to find out what happens to the
terminal velocity when the mass and weight of the falling paper case
is changed.
PREDICTION:
I predict that the mass of the paper case will have a direct result on
the terminal velocity: the heavier the paper case, the faster the
terminal velocity will be. I am basing my prediction on the formula: (
). Also, if the paper case is heavier it will have more gravitational
pull pulling it down, thus increasing the speed. I also predict that
the lighter the paper case, the quicker it will reach its terminal
velocity. This is because to reach terminal velocity, the air
resistance has to be equal to the accelerating force, if the
accelerating force is less, then it should take less time for the air
resistance to become equal to it.
MY PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENT:
For my preliminary experiment, I did the experiment, but only using
the bare paper cases with no weights in, this was because I just
wanted to check if the height that we were dropping the cases from was
appropriate, and also to get used to using the apparatus. The
preliminary work that I did helped me to plan my actual investigation
better, as I learnt from the mistakes that I made. These were things
like starting the stopwatch slightly late or early, which changed the
times of my results. I also learnt that one metre was not high enough
as it did not give me enough time to start and stop the clock
accurately.
I am glad that I did a preliminary experiment, as now, when I do my
actual experiment I will feel more confident using the apparatus.
This conclusion was disproved from Milgram’s experiment. The majority of the subjects obeyed the experimenter to the end. There were several reactions to the experiment. Some people showed signs of tension or stress, others laughed, and some showed no signs of discomfort throughout the experiment. Subjects often felt satisfaction by obeying the experimenter.
The results of this experiment are shown in the compiled student data in Table 1 below.
Therefore if I were to do this study again I would do a pilot study
Ø All the experiments have to be done by the same person on the same
* I will then use a small pile of books and set the ramp up at the
Going into details of the article, I realized that the necessary information needed to evaluate the experimental procedures were not included. However, when conducting an experiment, the independent and dependent variable are to be studied before giving a final conclusion.
As I do this experiment the thing I am going to be changing is the
...s strength in the experiment rather than a limitation which future studies should also monitor.
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There is not really that much I can do to help make this experiment a
The size of this depends on the mass of the object and the size of the
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