Ball Tossing Experiment
Happy 2006!
Now that you have completed your first lab of the new year, the ball tossing experiment, you need to answer a few questions and make a few predictions before moving ahead to the Excel part of the project. You should answer these questions by posting a comment to this post. ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES!!!
1. What was the longest flight time you had for the ball?
2. What was the shortest flight time you had for the ball?
3. Why was there a difference?
4. What form of measurement did you use to estimate the height of the ball?
5. In your estimation, what was the maximum height your ball reached?
6. When you graph your data, what do you think the graph will look like?
7. Is the path of a ball being tossed in the air a function or not? Defend your answer.
posted by Mrs. Collins @ 5:29 PM
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2 Comments:
1.The longest flight time was 2.23.
2.The shortest flight time was .13.
3. The difference was 2.10.
4. The form of measurement we use was the height of a friend then times it by 2.
1. What was the longest flight time you had for the ball?
the longest flight time was 1.53 seconds
2. What was the shortest flight time you had for the ball?
the shortest flight time was .52 seconds
3. Why was there a difference?
there was a difference in flight time because the ball was thrown at a different hieght.
4. What form of measurement did you use to estimate the height of the ball?
the form of measurement we used was the hieght of people.
5. In your estimation, what was the maximum height your ball reached?
the estimation of the hieght of the ball was 11 ft.
6. When you graph your data, what do you think the graph will look like?
7. Is the path of a ball being tossed in the air a function or not? Defend your answer.
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