Mass Acceleration
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Mass & Acceleration
Science CIM Task
Framing The Investigation
Mass: The amount of matter an object is made of.
Acceleration: The rate at which an object moves.
Velocity: The speed of an object in a particular direction.
Does an object's mass affect its acceleration?
Hypothesis: Yes, I believe that it does because mass is the weight of an object and if something weighs a lot, it will go slower than something with less mass. EXAMPLE: If you put a huge tank and a small Ferrari at the top of a steep hill next to each other and let them roll, the car with the less mass (Ferrari) will get to the bottom of the hill faster because it doesn't have all of that extra weight on it slowing it down.
Designing The Investigation
Materials:
* 1 chair * 2 stop watches
* 8 meter sticks * writing utensil
* triple beam balance * paper
* 1 toy hot rod (182 g) * masking tape
* 2 fishing weights (25 g)
Procedure:
1) Build a ramp using 8 meter sticks, 3 on each side of the for a track and 2 attached with masking tape from the chair to the floor for a ramp.
2) Find out how much the hot rod weighs.
3) Do the 1st trial with no weights in the hot rod.
4) Time the car on how long it takes to reach 1 meter and 3 meters with the stopwatches...