Height Of Drop Experiment Essay
Problem: How much does an object accelerate when the height of the drop is increased or decreased?
Preliminary Research: When going into this experiment I already knew that air resistance is the force of the air repelling against the object and slowing it down slightly. Gravity is the force that holds something down to the ground. I know without gravity everything and everyone would be floating around everywhere, like astronauts on the moon. Air resistance and gravity work together in a lot of situations. Including, when someone is throwing a ball, the air resistance keeps it from going down and the gravity keeps it from going up. When these two forces work together they keep the object on track.
Hypothesis: When we drop the object …show more content…
My group and I discovered that the object accelerated faster when the object’s height was increased.
When testing our egg drop experiment, the higher distance accelerated more than when tested from the lower distance. It took 1.25 seconds from 607.65 centimeters high for the object to reach the ground. But when the object was 370.84 centimeters high it took 0.98 seconds to reach the ground.
As the object got higher from the ground it seemed to accelerate. This occurred due to the gravitational pull acting on the object. In addition there was very little air resistance to oppose on the speed of the object. The farther something gets from Earth, the stronger the gravitational pull is on that object. So with a stronger force of gravity acting on the object and little air resistance. The higher drop caused the object to accelerate faster than the lower drop.
This experiment relates to the real world in many ways. One way, is when you drop your phone. This is true because your phone is like the eggs and your case is like the sponge. Depending on the case there will be little or a lot of impact and will or will not break your phone. I can extend this project by testing with some higher heights and making it larger or smaller. Also, I can try with more or less eggs and mess with the
Preliminary Research: When going into this experiment I already knew that air resistance is the force of the air repelling against the object and slowing it down slightly. Gravity is the force that holds something down to the ground. I know without gravity everything and everyone would be floating around everywhere, like astronauts on the moon. Air resistance and gravity work together in a lot of situations. Including, when someone is throwing a ball, the air resistance keeps it from going down and the gravity keeps it from going up. When these two forces work together they keep the object on track.
Hypothesis: When we drop the object …show more content…
My group and I discovered that the object accelerated faster when the object’s height was increased.
When testing our egg drop experiment, the higher distance accelerated more than when tested from the lower distance. It took 1.25 seconds from 607.65 centimeters high for the object to reach the ground. But when the object was 370.84 centimeters high it took 0.98 seconds to reach the ground.
As the object got higher from the ground it seemed to accelerate. This occurred due to the gravitational pull acting on the object. In addition there was very little air resistance to oppose on the speed of the object. The farther something gets from Earth, the stronger the gravitational pull is on that object. So with a stronger force of gravity acting on the object and little air resistance. The higher drop caused the object to accelerate faster than the lower drop.
This experiment relates to the real world in many ways. One way, is when you drop your phone. This is true because your phone is like the eggs and your case is like the sponge. Depending on the case there will be little or a lot of impact and will or will not break your phone. I can extend this project by testing with some higher heights and making it larger or smaller. Also, I can try with more or less eggs and mess with the