Investigating the Relationship Between the Braking Distance of a Toy Car and the Height of the Ramp
Planning
To carry out this experiment safely I will ensure that the necessary
safety precautions are taken place. Goggles and lab coats should be
worn during the experiment. All likely safety hazards are eliminated.
I will make sure the ramp is placed on the table in a stable manner
and that I will ensure that the ramp is not too high.
The procedure of this experiment is to first get a ramp of suitable
length, and place onto the bench. Raise height by using a retort
stand, by placing it under the ramp, moving it backwards and forwards
to adjust the height. Produce a range of heights to which to use, and
once all set it all up. Once all this has been completed get a toy car
and place at the top end of the ramp (where the highest point of the
ramp is). Place a metre rule and the end of the ramp with the long end
coming out of the ramp. Release the toy car from the top end of the
ramp and once the car has stopped measure the distance using the metre
rule.
I am doing an experiment to investigate the see any connections
between the braking distance of a toy car and the height of which it
is released at. I predict therefore that as the height of the ramp
increases the braking distance also increases. To guarantee this is a
fair test I plan to only have one thing that changes throughout the
whole experiment, and this is the height if the ramp, and everything
other then that will remain constant.
Diagram of apparatus
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I know that the speed and braking distance vary when the height of the
ramp height is altered so I plan to investigate the relationship and I
predict that as the height of the ramp increases so will the braking
distance and velocity. This is because if the ramp was at 0º to the
· To make sure the ramp does not slip I could put a door stop or wedge
affects the speed of a roller coaster car at the bottom of a slope. In
into an angle where you can see the big castle and the big K symbol in
Be sure to clamp the stand to the lab table, or weight it with several
occurs at the very beginning of the ride, when the cars are pulled up the first hill, or the "lift hill".
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In this investigation I am going to set up a 1kg trolley on a slope
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