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Page 1: Free Fall Lab - Starter What should the position vs. time graph look like for an object dropped from rest? What should the position vs. time graph look

Free Fall Lab - StarterWhat should the position vs. time graph look like for an object dropped from rest?

Page 2: Free Fall Lab - Starter What should the position vs. time graph look like for an object dropped from rest? What should the position vs. time graph look

Free Fall Equations

1. vf = vi + at

2. yf = yi + (t/2)(vi +vf)

3. vf2 = vi

2 +2a(yf –yi)

4. yf = yi + vit + (1/2)at2

Free Fall a = -9.8 m/s2

Page 3: Free Fall Lab - Starter What should the position vs. time graph look like for an object dropped from rest? What should the position vs. time graph look

Equipment Setup

1st: Obtain a Vernier interface, power cord, USB cord, photogate, picket fence, and a stand with a universal clamp.

2nd: Plug the power cord from the interface and the wall outlet.

3rd: Plug the USB cord from the interface to the USB port on the computer.

4th: Plug the photogate into the interface at DIG 1.

5th: Start LOGGERPRO

6th: Load the experiment: File, Open, Physics with Vernier, 05 Picket Fence Free Fall

RETURN ALL EQUIPMENT AS YOU FOUND IT.

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Photogate Setup

After it passes through, catch it!

Don’t let it hit the ground.

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Free Fall Lab

A. Using a photogate and a picket fence, obtain a distance vs. time graph and a velocity vs. time graph for free fall.

B. For the distance vs. time graph, obtain a quadratic fit. From the fit equation, determine a value for the acceleration due to gravity, g. ( Two times the t2 coefficient.) Sketch your graph with the fit and equation.

C. For the velocity vs. time graph, obtain a linear fit. From the fit equation, determine a value for the acceleration due to gravity, g. ( The slope of the graph.)Sketch your graph with the fit and equation.

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Questions

A.Determine the percent error for each of your values for g.

B.Sketch an acceleration vs. time graph for your experiment.

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Lab Report Checklist

1.Starter2.Two Graphs3.Questions w/ 1 sketched graph4. Results Section – experimental g and percent error for each graph5. Summary

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EXIT

Explain how the photogate and the picket fence work to obtain the distance vs. time graph.