Post Lab Analytical Questions
Answer these questions AFTER you have performed the experiment
Free Fall in a Gravity Field
Part 1: Equal Spacing
1. What do you hear when you drop the equally spaced washers on the pan?
2. Explain why you heard what you did.
3. Did you observe acceleration? Explain. If so, what evidence do you have?
Part 2: Equal Timing
4. What adjustments did you make in the set-up of part 2 to in order to observe the
washers hit the pie pan with equal timing? Specifically, what was the spacing of
your washers? Use numbers and equations.
5. Did it work? Why or why not?
6. Why was this adjustment necessary?
7. Did you observe acceleration? In what way?
8. Did your observations and results match your expectations? Explain.