Lab: Motion

Question 1

Review data tables A–E in your Student Guide. Did you record all data throughout the virtual lab experiment?

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yes

Question 2

What did you include in your answer? Check all that apply.

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It prevents one bad measurement from affecting the outcome of the experiment.; It allows one to calculate an average value.; The average value is typically a better representation of the true value.

Question 3

Based on the time measurements in the table, what can be said about the speed of the car on the lower track as compared to the higher track? | How can the reasoning for the above answer be best explained? On the higher track, the elapsed time is . | Calculate speeds for each track. How much faster was the car on the higher track than the lower track?

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0.56 m/s

Question 4

Do you have a copy of the Student Guide for this lab, which includes the data table?

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yes

Question 5

Based on the time measurements in the table, what can be said about the speed of the car on the lower track as compared to the higher track?

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Cars travel faster on the higher track.

Question 6

The cars on the higher track travel the cars on the lower track, in the same time.

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farther than

Question 7

In this experiment, the was intentionally manipulated. This was the independent variable.

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height of the track

Question 8

How can the reasoning for the above answer be best explained? On the higher track, the elapsed time is .

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shorter

Question 9

This means that the cars on the higher track have a average speed than those on the lower track.

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greater

Question 10

The dependent variable measured was the .

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speed of the car

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