THISISALARGEGRADEEQUIVALENTTO4CLASSWORK

ASSIGNMENTS!!!

Lab3.2CentripetalForceLab

TIPS:
Youmaycopytheseinstructionsintoyourlabreport,butmakesurethereportlooks
professional,anddeletetheinstructionsbeforesubmitting.
Whenyouruntheexperiment,theSAMEpersonneedstoturnthestopper,tomakesure
itisspunwiththesameforce.
Whenyouspinthestopper,itneedstobehorizontal(Paralleltotheground).
BESURETOREADTHERUBRICATTHEEND!!!

GroupSection
YoumayshareaGoogleDocwithyourgroupfort
hissectiononly!!!!

Title:
CentripetalForce3.2Lab

Hypothesis:

Whatwillhappentotheminimumvelocityneededtospinastopperinuniformcircular
motionasthetensionattheendofthestringisincreased(byincreasingtheweightonthestring)?
Explainhowyoucameupwithyouranswer.
Theminimumvelocityneededtospinastopperwouldincreaseasthetensionattheendofthestringis
increased.Thisisbecauseyouwouldneedagreatercentripetalforcetocounterthegreatergravitational
force.

Materials:
Stopper
String
14washers
Stopwatch
Paperclip
plastictube
Maskingtape

Procedure:
1.
Makesureyourwashersareallthesamesize.Ifthereisanyvariation,tradefor14identical
washers.
2.
Measurethemassoftherubberstopper,paperclip,andall14washers.
3.
Measurethelengthofstringfromthestoppertothetube.
4.
Place4washersonthepaperclip.
5.
Supportthepaperclipwithonehandandholdthetubingintheotherhand.Whirltherubberstopper
inahorizontalorbitaboveyourhead,byrevolvingthetubing.Letgoofthepaperclip.Spinwiththe
minimumvelocity
neededtokeepthepaperclipheldupbesidethetube.
6.
Measurethetimeintervalrequiredfortwentycompleterevolutions.(Remembertostartcountingat
zero,notatone.)
7.
Repeatsteps46for6,8,10,12,and14washers.

LaboratorySetupPicture:

Data
:
(Remembertousecorrectprecisionandincludeuncertainty.)
Massofstopper:12.1g+.05g
Massofpaperclip:1.1g+.05g
Radiusofyourstring(fromstoppertotube):80cm
Massofall14washers:88.8+.05g
Averagemassofawasher:6.3g+0.5g

Timefor20
revolutions

CalculatedPeriod
(T)(timeforone
revolution)

1/T2

Forceexertedby
washersonstring
(Convertthetotal
hangingmassto
kg,thenmultiply
by9.8m/s/s)

4washers+paper
clip
Mass:26.3g

19.95s

1.00s

0.25774N

6washers+paper
clip
Mass:38.9g

17.63s

0.88s

1.29

0.38122N

8washers+paper
clip
Mass:51.5g

15.84s

0.79s

1.60

0.5047N

10washers
+paperclip
Mass:64.1g

14.02s

0.70s

2.04

0.62818N

12washers
+paperclip
Mass:76.7g

14.48s

0.74s

1.83

.75166N

14washers
+paperclip
Mass:89.3g

10.25s

0.51

3.84

0.87514

PART2:IndividualSection
MakeacopyofyourGroupGoogleDocandaddtheanalysisandconclusionstoyourindividualcopy.

Analysis:
TAKEAPHOTOORSCANINGRAPHANDALLCALCULATIONSINTOANALYSISSECTION.

1. Completethelast3columnsofthedatatable.
2. MakeascatterplotgraphofFversus1/T2

onpaper
electronicallyorbyhand
.
Remember that
graphs should include a title, labels for each axis with units. Your graph should be scaled so
that the data fills most of the graph.
3. Add a best fit line (
using a ruler if it is by hand)
to the scatter plot.
4. Calculate the slope of your best fit line. Show the calculations.
Dont forget units.
2
5. TheslopeofyourgraphisequaltoF
/(1/T
).Thiscanalsobewrittenintermsof
M(massof
tension
stopper)
and
R(radiusofstringfromtubetostopper)
.
F
/(1/T2

)=M*4 2

R
tension

(Thederivationofthisrelationshipisshownhere:
F
=F
.
tension
c
F
=Mv2

/R,wherev=2
R/T
tension
2
2
F
=(M(2
R)
)/(R*T
)
tension

F
=M*4 2

R/T2
tension

F
/(1/T2

)=M*4 2

R)
tension

CalculateM*4 2

R
(Makesureyourmassisinkgandyourradiusisinmeters
).Thisisyour

theoretical(expected)valueforF
/(1/T2

).Showyourwork.
tension
6.Calculatethethepercenterrorofyourmeasurementsusingyour
TheoreticalValue
forF
/(1/T2

)
tension
(
answerto#5)
andyour
ExperimentalValue
(
Slopeofgraph,calculatedin#4)
.

7.Drawtwofreebodydiagramsoneforthestopperwhileitisbeingswunginacircleandoneforthe
washershangingfromthestring.

Conclusions
Donotcopyquestionsinyourlabreport.Answerthesequestionsincompletesentencesina
paragraph.

Wasyourhypothesiscorrect?Why/whynot?
Whattrend,ifany,didyourgraphdemonstrate?
Anacceptablepercenterrorislessthan10%.Wasyourpercenterrorreasonable?
Whataresomecausesforerrorinthislab?Bemorespecificthanhumanerror
Whatcouldyoudotoreduceerrorinthelab?

TOSUBMITLAB:
ChangetheSharesettingsonyourindividualGoogleDoctoAnyonewithalink
Addanactivelinktolab3.2onyourAPP2website.
VerifywithMrs.Rowanhillthatyourlabisvisible.

RUBRIC:
Category

ScoringCriteriaGradingRubric

GROUPSECTION
LabSetUp
Title,Objectives,
Hypothesis,Materials

Labhasadescriptivetitle.
Includesahypothesisthatpredictstheresultsofthe
experiment
Hypothesisusesreasoningtosupporttheprediction.
Listsallnecessarymaterials.

GROUPSECTION
Experiment
Procedure,Data

IncludesProcedureinlabreport.
Includespictureoflaboratorysetup.
Datatableincludedwithdatafromlab.
Measurementshavecorrectprecisionanduncertainty.
2
Calculates1/T
andFcorrectly.

INDIVIDUALSECTION
Analysis

HandDrawnorcomputergenerated
Graph
ofForce
2
Versus1/T
ongraphpaper.
Graphincludestitle,labelsforxandyaxes(withunits)
andreasonablescale.
BestFitLineforgraphshownwithslopeandcalculations.
Calculates
M*4 2

Randpercenterrorcorrectly.

Conclusionquestions

INDIVIDUALSECTION
Conclusions/
Presentation

FreeBodyDiagramsdrawnandlabeledcorrectly.

Points

Wasyourhypothesiscorrect?Why/whynot?
Whattrend,ifany,didyourlabresults
demonstrate?
Anacceptablepercenterrorislessthan
10%.Wasyourpercenterrorreasonable?
Whataresomecausesforerrorinthislab?
Bemorespecificthanhumanerror

Overalllabreportiscleartoread.Labreportsectionsare
labeledanddistinctfromoneanother.
Labreporthaszeroorfewgrammarorspellingmistakes.
Total:

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