Hot Wheel Acceleration Lab

Name: Amanda Morse Per:

Data

Distance vs Time graph:

Velocity vs Time graph:

Results

Morse, Amanda

Dont forget units!

1. What speed did your car start at? 0.66 m/s At what time? 0.91s

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2. What speed did your car end at? 1.4 m/s At what time? 1.5s
3. What was the change in your cars speed? 0.26 m/s
4. How long did it take for your car to go from its starting speed to its
ending speed? 0.59s
5. What was your cars acceleration (change in speed divided by time)?
0.7605 m/s2
6. Compare the acceleration to the slope of your Velocity vs Time graph
are your numbers close?
Yes, our numbers were close

Conclusion

1. As the car went further down the ramp what did you notice happen to
the points that you added to the video to mark the car?
As the car went further down the ramp, the points became more
spread out due to the cars acceleration.

2. Explain what the acceleration means that you found in the results.
When the car started to move down the ramp at the top, the numbers
had greater differences. For example, the speed that the car started at
was 0.66 m/s and the speed that it ended at was 1.4 m/s. Therefore
the cars acceleration was 0.80 m/s/s.

3. Explain the curved line shown on the distance vs. time graph.
The curved line on the distance vs. time graph shows that the car was
accelerating.

4. Compare and contrast the lines seen on the distance vs. time graph and
the velocity vs. time graph.
The line on the velocity vs. time graph that connects the points is less
slanted. The points on the distance vs. time graphs form more of a
curved line upwards because of the acceleration.


5. Design another experiment that you will film and you will use the
Logger Pro software on.

Morse, Amanda

I will design an experiment having to do with cars that arent

accelerating down a ramp but instead have windup cars that can start
on their own. I will measure their distance traveled and see how fast
they can go in 10s, 15s and 20s.

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