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Lab Assignment: Free-Fall Acceleration Laboratory:

20 points

Introduction

This lab will demonstrate the principles behind free-fall acceleration. Any object that is thrown or dropped in the presence of gravity experiences a constant acceleration. This acceleration is called free-fall acceleration or acceleration due to gravity.

First, design an experiment you could construct that might measure free-fall acceleration, and then you will carry out the virtual lab beginning on the next screen.

  •  What materials would you use? What would you measure?
  • What results would you expect?
  • What if the results were different; what would that indicate?

 

Use the lab report created here to write your answers; you will be submitting the lab report to your teacher.