MOMENTUM MARBLE LAB
- Each person Write an ENTIRE Lab Report (all 10 sections) you may work with up to 2 others
- MATERIALS- 5 marbles, ruler, pen / pencil paper
- PROCEDURE
1. Put the ruler on a flat surface.
2. Place 1 marble on the ruler.
3. Roll a second marble down the groove of the ruler so it hits the first one.
4. Repeat this test.
5. Set 2 marbles on the ruler. Roll a third one into them.
6. Try rolling at least 4 different combos of marbles down the ruler. Record the different combos. You can even roll
more than one marble at once.
OBSERVATIONS:
Distance
Record the table in your
# of Marbles
# of marbles I marbles
Observations section
sitting on ruler
am rolling
moved
What happened?
-ANALYSIS and CONCLUSION questions
1-What happens in #3 and #5?
2-Do you get the same results in #4
3- What are you observations about how the marbles moved when they were hit?
4- All of your marbles are the same size. What do you think would happen if you rolled a bigger
marble into a smaller one?
5- When the marbles hit each other, the momentum moves from one marble to another. Can you think of another example of when
momentum is transferred?