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    Ib Lab - Acceleration of Cart Down A Ramp

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    This document describes a physics lab experiment to measure the acceleration of a cart down an inclined ramp using Newton's Second Law. Students will use a hanging mass attached to the cart by a string and pulley to provide a pulling force on the cart. A smart pulley sensor connected to a computer will measure the cart's acceleration. Students will collect timing and velocity data for the cart, graph the results to determine acceleration, and write a conclusion evaluating their findings. The aim is to calculate the cart's mass using measured forces and accelerations rather than directly weighing it on a balance.

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    This document describes a physics lab experiment to measure the acceleration of a cart down an inclined ramp using Newton's Second Law. Students will use a hanging mass attached to the cart by a string and pulley to provide a pulling force on the cart. A smart pulley sensor connected to a computer will measure the cart's acceleration. Students will collect timing and velocity data for the cart, graph the results to determine acceleration, and write a conclusion evaluating their findings. The aim is to calculate the cart's mass using measured forces and accelerations rather than directly weighing it on a balance.

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    This document describes a physics lab experiment to measure the acceleration of a cart down an inclined ramp using Newton's Second Law. Students will use a hanging mass attached to the cart by a string and pulley to provide a pulling force on the cart. A smart pulley sensor connected to a computer will measure the cart's acceleration. Students will collect timing and velocity data for the cart, graph the results to determine acceleration, and write a conclusion evaluating their findings. The aim is to calculate the cart's mass using measured forces and accelerations rather than directly weighing it on a balance.

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    International Baccalaureate Physics 4/PSOW

    Acceleration of a Cart Down a Ramp


    Aim: IB Criteria Assessed
    Anyone can find the mass of an object by placing it on a balance. Data Collection and Processing
    You will do that in this lab to find the mass of your rolling cart. Conclusion and Evaluation
    However, in theory, we should be able to find this same mass Criteria Aspect Level
    using Newton’s 2nd Law. You will measure different forces assessed 1 2 3 awarded
    pulling on the cart and different accelerations of the cart as well. D
    DCP
    The rolling cart will be pulled by a hanging mass. A string tied
    from the hanging mass to the cart will travel over a “Pasco smart CE
    pulley.” The pulley (sensor) will be connected to a computer
    capable of measuring the acceleration of the cart.

    You will record your own data and process it so as to find acceleration through the use of a graph. You
    will also write a conclusion and evaluation of your results.

    Apparatus:
    Motion cart
    Cart track / ramp
    Angle measuring device
    String
    Pasco Smart Pulley
    Laptop Computer

    Smart
    pulley

    Method:
    1. Record mass of cart, hanging mass, and angle of ramp.
    2. Connect Pasco Smart Pulley sensor to computer and set up as shown in diagram.
    3. Release cart. In an appropriate table, record the timing increments and the corresponding
    velocities of the cart speeding down the ramp.
    4. Do multiple trials.
    5. Process the data and find the acceleration of the cart from a graph.

    Theory:
    For a constantly acceleration object, acceleration can be found from velocity and time data.

    The above information was given to the student by the instructor.


    What follows immediately below is the student’s own work.

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