QUESTIONS: PART B
1.
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Copy the table below into your book. Fill in your results on the table.
No. of mass
pieces on hook
Force or weight of
Mass on hook (kg) mass on hook (N)
Acceleration (m's-2)
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1
(3)
2.
Plot the graph of acceleration (m's-2) against force (N) with force on the horizontal axis
and acceleration on
the vertical axis.
(3)
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3.
Formulate a hypothesis for this experiment.
4.
In this experiment, identify the:
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4.1
independent variable.
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4.2
Dependent variable
4.3
fixed variable.
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5.
Explain how the fixed variable was kept constant in this experiment.
(2)
How did you compensate for friction in this experiment, so that friction could be
ignored?
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What does the gradient of this graph represent?
How would the gradient of the graph be affected if the total mass of the blocks on
the trolley was increased? Explain.
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