Experiment Mb-12

Time Intervals of Fall

Description: Balls are dropped from a rod at intervals of 1 meter, 1.5 meters, and 2 meters.  When the drops are timed, the time intervals are proportional to the square root of the distance dropped.

 

Pictures of the setups at 1, 1.5, and 2 meters, from left to right.

 

Ball falling from one meter.  The arrow indicates the ball and its direction.

 

 

Materials: Timing equipment, ball, meter stick

 

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