Mousetrap Car
1. What happens when the car is released on the floor?
2. What happens when the car is released while being held by the
spring scale?
3. Is the speed of the car constant as it moves across the floor?
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4. When you set the mousetrap, do you do work on it? If so, how?
5. How does the motion of the mousetrap car compare to the fan
car? Identify similarities and differences. What forces acted each
time?
Conclusion: What did you learn about forces with this lab? (3
sentences).
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