Investigating Newton’s Second Law Lab
result in a loss of points!!! Please sit in your same groups from the last lab. Take out your pre-lab assessment. Touching materials before being instructed to do so will result in a loss of points!!!
Look at step #5. Decide within your group which one of the two scenarios you will do:
Two Scenarios – acceleration is always the dependent variable!!! acceleration vs. mass: The independent variable is the mass and the control is the force acceleration vs. Fnet: Be careful not to change the total mass of your system! The independent variable is the force and the control is the mass
Data Scenario #1 – highlighted box is CONSTANT Independent Variable: _____________ Dependent variable:____________________ Control:______________ Mass Data: Independent Variable: _____________ Dependent variable:____________________ Control:______________ Mass Data Total mass (kg) Hanging mass (kg) Fnet (N) = mg Acceleration (m/s2) Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 4 Trial 5 Trial 6 Scenario #1 – highlighted box is CONSTANT Total mass (kg) Hanging mass (kg) Fnet (N) = mg Acceleration (m/s2) Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 4 Trial 5 Trial 6 Scenario #2 – highlighted boxes are constant
F = ma