acceleration lab activity
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Physics [1]
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acceleration lab [2]
Name:_______________________ Acceleration Lab Objectives: In this lab, you will be studying acceleration due to gravity by observing Hot Wheels cars on inclined planes. Your goal will be to determine the acceleration of the car with the inclined plane at different angles. The lab will show how graphs of displacement versus time and velocity versus time can be used to find acceleration. Materials: Hot Wheels car, 1m inclined plane, 2 notebooks, meter stick, stopwatch Procedure: 1) Begin by designating one person to be the car holder, 2 people as distance markers, one person as a recorder, and one as a timer. 2) Raise one end of the inclined plane by placing the end on one notebook. 3) Trial run: Have the car holder hold the car at the top of the ramp (at 0cm). When the car holder