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Physics 90935:
Carry out a practical investigation that leads to a linear mathematical relationship, with direction
Plot this data as a line graph. Put drop height on the x-axis and rebound height on the y-axis.
20 13
40 25
60 33
80 55
100 64
H
120 80
140 95
B
160 106
105
100
95
90
85
80
Average rebound height, B (cm)
75
70
65
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180
Drop Height, H (cm)
115
110
105
100
95
90
85
80
Average rebound height, B (cm)
75
70
65
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180
Drop Height, H (cm)
115
110
105 No
100 No! Don't do "join the dots". Instead
95
draw a line of best fit.
90
AND make sure the line doesn't
85
80 extend past 20 (first bit of data) and
Average rebound height, B (cm)
y= m x
B = 0.68 H
Accuracy improving:
Line up eye with ball and measuring device to reduce parallax errors.
Difficult to estimate the maximum height a moving tennis ball rebounds to so do lots of measurements.
Minimum dropping height was <insert relevant height> because a dropping height less than this gave too small a rebound height that could not be
measured.
Maximum dropping height was <insert relevant height> because too difficult to do accurately in a science lab.
Controlled variable:
Same tennis ball used each time because different balls could bounce by different amounts.
Ball dropped on to same surface (carpet square) as balls could bounce by different amounts on different surfaces.
Difficulties / issues:
Rebound height very difficult to measure as ball only stops momentarily before falling again.