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    This document contains a table of data from a free fall experiment measuring time and distance over intervals. It also asks the student to: 1) Describe how the change in average speed per time interval indicates acceleration. 2) Calculate the acceleration from the data and percent error compared to 9.8 m/s^2. 3) Explain why air resistance is ignored for this free fall experiment. 4) Identify the net force on the falling object as gravity. 5) List possible sources of error and how they affect the calculated value of g.

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    This document contains a table of data from a free fall experiment measuring time and distance over intervals. It also asks the student to: 1) Describe how the change in average speed per time interval indicates acceleration. 2) Calculate the acceleration from the data and percent error compared to 9.8 m/s^2. 3) Explain why air resistance is ignored for this free fall experiment. 4) Identify the net force on the falling object as gravity. 5) List possible sources of error and how they affect the calculated value of g.

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    This document contains a table of data from a free fall experiment measuring time and distance over intervals. It also asks the student to: 1) Describe how the change in average speed per time interval indicates acceleration. 2) Calculate the acceleration from the data and percent error compared to 9.8 m/s^2. 3) Explain why air resistance is ignored for this free fall experiment. 4) Identify the net force on the falling object as gravity. 5) List possible sources of error and how they affect the calculated value of g.

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    ACTIVITY CARD #1

    Direction: Below is a data of a freefall activity done with a ticker timer. Using your
    calculator, complete the table and answer the needed questions after it.
    Table 1. Data for Activity: Free Fall
    Tape
    Segment

    Time Interval t
    (2 dots = .033 s)

    Distance
    Traveled
    d (cm)

    2 dots=.033 s

    2.35

    2 dots=.033 s

    3.90

    2 dots=.033 s

    5.25

    2 dots=.033 s

    6.60

    2 dots=.033 s

    7.50

    2 dots=.033 s

    8.50

    2 dots=.033 s

    9.80

    2 dots=.033 s

    10.80

    2 dots=.033 s

    11.85

    Average
    Velocity vave
    (cm/s)

    Change in Velocity
    Per Unit Time
    vave/t (cm/s/s)

    ANALYSIS
    1. The change in average speed per unit time interval gives the acceleration of an object.
    How will you describe the change in speed per unit time interval for different tape
    segments? What does this indicate about the acceleration of the falling object?
    2. What is the value of this acceleration? What is the percent error of your computed value
    compared to the standard value of 9.8 m/s2?

    3. In this activity, the computed acceleration is due to gravity. In free fall, the forces acting
    are air resistance and gravity. Why is air resistance not considered?

    4. For accelerated motion like free fall, a net force acts on the falling object. In this activity,
    what is the net force in terms of the forces acting on the falling object?

    5. What are the possible sources of error? How do these errors affect the value of g?

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