Research Question:
Does the weight of the tomato soup can affect the time it takes for the soup can to roll down the ramp?
To carry out this experiment, we weighed and measured the time it takes to roll down the ramp for three different tomato soup cans. The height of the ramp was 3 books and the ramp measured to be 94.8 centimeters.
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From the graph and table shown below, we concluded that the weight of the tomato soup cans do affect the time it takes for them to roll down the ramp. The height and length of the ramp were held constant throughout the experiment, and the only forces acting upon the can are gravity, air resistance, and friction. By examining the graph, it can be noticed that as the weight of the cans increases, in response the time it takes for the soup can to roll down the ramp decreases, thus the tomato soup can will take less time to roll down the ramp if it has a greater weight. This can also be explained by the fact that the heavier cans have a higher moment of inertia, so more energy goes into the rotational energy of the heavier cans. Also the heavier tomato soup cans also have higher potential energy because potential energy is equal to mgh, and the heavier cans have more mass, so potential energy is greater for heavier tomato soup cans which adds to the argument of why it takes them less time to roll down a ramp.
Does the weight of the tomato soup can affect the time it takes for the soup can to roll down the ramp?
To carry out this experiment, we weighed and measured the time it takes to roll down the ramp for three different tomato soup cans. The height of the ramp was 3 books and the ramp measured to be 94.8 centimeters.
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From the graph and table shown below, we concluded that the weight of the tomato soup cans do affect the time it takes for them to roll down the ramp. The height and length of the ramp were held constant throughout the experiment, and the only forces acting upon the can are gravity, air resistance, and friction. By examining the graph, it can be noticed that as the weight of the cans increases, in response the time it takes for the soup can to roll down the ramp decreases, thus the tomato soup can will take less time to roll down the ramp if it has a greater weight. This can also be explained by the fact that the heavier cans have a higher moment of inertia, so more energy goes into the rotational energy of the heavier cans. Also the heavier tomato soup cans also have higher potential energy because potential energy is equal to mgh, and the heavier cans have more mass, so potential energy is greater for heavier tomato soup cans which adds to the argument of why it takes them less time to roll down a ramp.
Lab Partner: Nisha Mittal