Blake Wooldridge
Research
7cz
My question is does the mass of a ball affect the rate at which it travels down an
inclined plane?
Mass
Mass is usually measured in kilograms. It is a measure of a number of atoms. Mass is
not the same as size. For instance balloons are big but don’t have a lot of mass.
Bullets are very small but are really heavy. So basically the more weight something has
the more mass the object has. Mass is also the matter that is inside the object. The SI unit
of measure for mass is the kilogram.
Momentum
The mass of the object affects the velocity and momentum of that object.
Momentum is constantly used in sports. The formula for momentum is mass multiplied
by velocity. The variable for momentum is P. it can be defined as mass in motion. That is
because every object has mass and if it’s moving it has momentum.
Inclined Plane
Ramps, sloping roads, chisels, hatchets, plows, air hammers, carpenter's planes---all of
these are examples of the inclined plane. An inclined plane is basically a ramp or
anything like that. An inclined plane is a simple machine because it does work. Other
examples of inclined planes are pulleys or wheel and axels.
Rate
Rate is the velocity that an object travels. It is also the same as time or motion.
Distance is one of the other definitions of rate. The formula for rate is distance divided by
time. Rate can also be the speed of an object.