Purpose: To find how force and acceleration are related when the mass is kept constant. Method: (Connect a low g accelerometer and a force probe set to 10 N, on a cart, to LabQuest. Turn on LoggerPro. Select the the drop “Newton’s 2nd Law” experiment from down menu: Level the track. Zero the File, Open, Physics with Vernier, 2nd Law. Newton’s sensors when the cart is at rest and there is no tension in the string. Set things up this way: Sketch the cart and sensors with the track in a side view. Make sure to pull the string parallel to the track.) Graph from below goes here… Data/Calcs: (Add a best fit line to your graph. Get the equation for your line. Print off your graph of F vs a only and put it into your PJ.) Measure the mass of your cart with sensors:
Purpose: To find how force and acceleration are related when the mass is kept constant. Method: (Connect a low g accelerometer and a force probe set to 10 N, on a cart, to LabQuest. Turn on LoggerPro. Select the “Newton’s 2nd Law” experiment from the drop down menu: File, Open, Physics with Vernier, Newton’s 2nd Law. Level the track. Zero the sensors when the cart is at rest and there is no tension in the string. Set things up this way: Sketch the cart and sensors with the track in a side view. Make sure to pull the string parallel to the track.) Graph from below goes here… Data/Calcs: (Add a best fit line to your graph. Get the equation for your line. Print off your graph of F vs a only and put it into your PJ.) Measure the mass of your cart with sensors:
AccelerationAndForceLabEntry.docx