Physics lab Definition and 135 Threads

This is my first post, if you need any more information I'll try to put it up as quickly as possible. I have a tricky problem in my lab that may lend itself to computer programming, but I have little training in that area. OBJECTIVE: How many peaks are there in my data? DATA: I have a...

1. Homework Statement You are given two cans to roll down a 1m ramp at angle 15 degrees [and then at 30 degrees for a check]. Can A has a less viscous fluid, broth. Can B has a more viscous fluid, cream of mushroom soup. Now through constant experimentation we find that, can B rolls down...

Homework Statement You are given two cans to roll down a 1m ramp at angle 15 degrees [and then at 30 degrees for a check]. Can A has a less viscous fluid, broth. Can B has a more viscous fluid, cream of mushroom soup. Now through constant experimentation we find that, can B rolls down...

Hi! Can someone give me a general idea of how I do this? In my lab today we a pulley system with two spring balances attached to a long sting. We had to do several configurations and measure the angle and record the reading on the spring balances. Could someone guide me as to how to do the...

For our physics lab we hung a mass attached to spring above a motion detector. First we took some data with the spring at rest. Using this data, we determined our zo value. Then we set the spring in motion and took data. Using position, velocity, and time data, we calculated K, U, & K+U =...

Physics Lab Question-- any ideas? For our physics lab hung a mass attached to spring above a motion detector. First we took some data with the spring at rest. Using this data, we determined our zo value. Then we set the spring in motion and took data. Using position, velocity, and time...

In a physics lab, a small cube slides down a frictionless incline as shown, and collides at the bottom (where it is now moving horizontally) with a cube that is only one-half its mass. If the incline is 30 CM high and the table is 90 CM off the floor. where does each cube land? the teacher...

Hi there. I'm having issues with a high school lab that deals with acceleration of objects down inclined planes. At the top of my lab questions, there's a simple diagram (just a triangle with a rectangle on the hypotenuse, representing a cart), and one of the questions pertains to it: What is...

Homework Statement Okay, this lab has had me stumped for the last few hours. This is our first lab for AP Physics BC. Problem: Determine the position vector that describes the locatino of the water that is launched by a drinking fountain. Your position vector needs to be in unit vector...

I'm new here, so sorry if I post this incorrectly! =/ I've scanned the lab, and the pictures are below. Homework Statement Well, the problem statement is in the picture, I guess... and our givens are that change in X is .35 meters, change in Y is -.91 meters...

I need help with this lab I'm doing involving swinging a mass in a circle (I'm sure you guys have heard of it). I have to plot a graph of Radius vs. FT^2 and then compare the value of the slope to its theoretical value. A couple questions: Which goes on the y axis? Radius or FT^2? How do I...

after the ap exam, our teacher is making us create our a physics lab touching on one or more of the ap topics (we want to stick to force/kinematics/easier topics). I'm working with another person, and we're having a hard time thinking of a lab that wouldn't be too difficult to set up. (we don't...

hello, The other day in class i completed a lab colliding two cars into each other 3 times. The first time velcro was attached to the cars so they stuck together after the collision, the second time a spring was attached to one of the cars and the third time it was just the plain bumpers...

Homework Statement I have had to do 6 labs for physics class, and i am now trying to write them up, but am a little confused. The first lab i did was to verify the equation v=f?. I yoused a generator to make a straight wave, and then put in a barrier to make a standing wave. I have to...

Hello all, Do you have exams for physics labs? How is the exam done? Theoretical or experimental? Thank you

Ok, first I'll mention that I'm completely new to these forms (first post) and all that jazz. Anyway, on to the subject of the post. In my physics class (high school level only, mind you) we were doing a lab with long slinkies to show the properties of waves and such. Our teacher wanted us to...

Do you think it is important to take a physics lab subject for a whole semester if I am focusing on the theoretical side? Or would it be more beneficial to skip the lab and do more theory subjects in order to get a better grounding of the thory?

Just copying a latex image for a physics lab. firefox doesn't let you preview the latex in a post. G=\frac{V_{out}}{V_{in}}=\frac{R_{out}}{\sqrt{R_{in}^{2} + \frac{1}{\omega C}^2}}

hi, I'm in the AP Physics for high school, and I've been wondering about an idea about constructing a lab... i need some things i can test, because the assignment is to create a lab on your own w/e it is... (kinematics, thermo, w/e AS LONG AS it's not electrical or uses wires)... any suggestions...

I have to do the lab on http://www.la.mvla.net/Curric/science/APPhysics/labs/mlab7.htm ive calculated the linear speed, centripetal acceleration, period of rotation, mass oif the toy plane, the length of string, and the radius of rotation but I've calculated everything experimentally...

I need help with a question on my lab, I am used to finding proportionality statements between sets of data and graphing it to get a straight line. But this question is different. Anyways here's the data i have. Oh you the lab is on Centripetal Force frequency/Force 1.02 / 5 1.33 / 10 1.65...

A childs toy consists of a base that is clamped firmly to a table, a spring and launching ramp attached to the base, and a ball. By compressing the spring, the child can launch the ball up a ramp to fire it off the table. The spring has a spring constant k, the ball has a mass m, and the ramp...

Hi, I'm new to this forum and I hope I can find some help with my AP Physics class! I find the subject really interesting, I just have a hard time applying it. Also, I don't really know the people in my AP Physics class, so it would be awkward to ask them for help. Anyway, last week we did...

In Friday we did simple lab in Physics. We took ball and dropped it measuring dropping height and rebound height. We did 10 trials and 10 times for every trial. We started from 100 cm and went all the way to 10 cm. Then we made a model y =0.75x+2 cm. Where x is dropping height in cm and y is...

We took timings in lab of a pendulum. Activity 1: release the pendulum from 10 degrees. Time how long it takes to do 10 oscillations. Activity 3, shorten the length of the string to 2/3 original, then to 1/3 original and time 10 oscillations from a 10 degree release point. Conclusion...

Help me with Physics LAB ! Hi, i have a problem with my physics class. School is about to over so we are going to have a semester project. I have to design a lab for myself. The lab can be about all the topic in general physics . But i don't know what i have to do...We did a lot of labs in...

he everyone again! today, i just got a lab for physics. I have two days to really examine that gun. the teacher will give me an angle that i should aim the gun, and a cup. I should know the distance between the gun and the cup so that when i launch the ball, it will go inside the cup... first...

A backpack full of books weighing 47.0 N rests on a table in a physics laboratory classroom. A spring with a force constant of 150 N/m is attached to the backpack and pulled horizontally. If the spring stretches by 2.20 cm before the backpack begins to slip, what is the coefficient of static...

I am doing a Physics Lab where you have to measure initial and final velocities of two carts colliding in order to find the momentum. In this first category, you push a cart with a bumper into another cart with a bumper so that the first one completely stops right when it hits the second one. I...

Ok, we were doing a lab yesterday in physics class, and we had to find the velocity of a bullet hitting a block with a hole in it's center, and is hung... when the bullet hit the block, it made a 18 degree angle... my teacher gave us a formula for finding the velocity of the block and we got the...

Hey there. I'm currently taking grade 11 physics, and as part of our final evaluation, we have to perform an in-class lab. We're not given the procedure, just what we have to determine and a list of apparatus. I have a general idea of what to do, but I'd just like some confirmation if what I'm...

I am trying to set up an experiement to measure period doubling in a leaky tap. My plan was to just have a speaker input to a computer (through the com port I assume) to register drips into some container. My web searchs for how to wire the two wires from a speaker to any port on the...

now guys, i need your help. in this lab, i am making a rocket with a 2 litter soda bottle with water inside, and air will be pumped in so that rocket will fly up. i need to determine a set of equations that will describe the THRUST of my rocket as a function of TIME or MASS or both. we can use...

Hello, I have just finished what seems like an infinite amount of questions for this lab report. 2 of them I am just not sure how to proceed. Any help would be appreciated. Question 1: In a film projection apparatus, it is desired to produce pictures 12 ft wide on a screen 50 ft from the...

Hey guys, thanks for reading my post. I'm really confused about a lab that was assigned by my teacher. I will try to explain the whole lab the best I can. Lab: The Balls Lab Purpose of the Lab: To determine the initial velocity (Vo) and maximum height (dy) of a thrown (and hit) ball...