Accelerometer Test Answer the following as you test your accelerometer using complete sentences. Accelerometer Team Names: ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Test your accelerometer by jumping in the air with it a few times. What happens to the position of the sinker? Answers will vary. They should include a discussion as to how the sinker moves appears to move down as they jump up, stops moving at the top of their jump and moves down when they land. What forces did you encounter in your jumps? “g” Answers will vary. Where else might you encounter g forces like these? Answers will vary. Suitable responses will include such things as roller coasters and traveling over a hill in a car. Explain how your accelerometer measures different accelerations. Because of inertia, the sinker will try to stay where it is and this will stretch the rubber band. Eventually the rubber band will be able to move the sinker. The rubber band obeys Hooke’s Law which states the restorative force is proportional to the amount of stretch. By measuring how much the rubber band has to stretch before it moves the sinker you can determine your acceleration. Small accelerations will not stretch the rubber band as much as large accelerations.
Accelerometer Test Answer the following as you test your accelerometer using complete sentences. Accelerometer Team Names: ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Test your accelerometer by jumping in the air with it a few times. What happens to the position of the sinker? Answers will vary. They should include a discussion as to how the sinker moves appears to move down as they jump up, stops moving at the top of their jump and moves down when they land. What “g” forces did you encounter in your jumps? Answers will vary. Where else might you encounter g forces like these? Answers will vary. Suitable responses will include such things as roller coasters and traveling over a hill in a car. Explain how your accelerometer measures different accelerations. Because of inertia, the sinker will try to stay where it is and this will stretch the rubber band. Eventually the rubber band will be able to move the sinker. The rubber band obeys Hooke’s Law which states the restorative force is proportional to the amount of stretch. By measuring how much the rubber band has to stretch before it moves the sinker you can determine your acceleration. Small accelerations will not stretch the rubber band as much as large accelerations.
ConcussionsAreAHeadache.Printables.docx