Pendulum study

Question 1

What’s items make up a classroom pendulum

Answer 1

String binder clip penny pencil and tape

Question 2

Why do we do repeated trials

Answer 2

To balance out human errors and check accuracy

Question 3

How long is the standard pendulum what is the standard mass and where is the standard release position

Answer 3

38cm one penny and parallel to the table

Question 4

What does it mean to control variables or have a controlled experiment

Answer 4

Change one variable at a time

Question 5

What are the variables we experimented with

Answer 5

Length of string release position mass

Question 6

What was the only variable that changed are results

Answer 6

Length of string

Question 7

How to get good grade

Answer 7

Be able to read a graph with experiment results and make predictions about how many swings will occur with different lengths of strings

Question 8

What is the relationship between the length of the string and the number of swings

Answer 8

The shorter the string that more swings the longer the string less swings