1.4 describe experiments to investigate the motion of everyday objects such as toy cars or tennis balls

INVESTIGATING THE MOTION OF A TOY CAR ON A RAMP:

- 1) Set up your apparatus like the diagram.
- 2) Holding the car before the first light gate, mark a line on the ramp to find the starting position. This means that we can be sure it is a fair experiment since the car will start from the same point every time.
- 3) Next measure the distance between each light gate. This is crucial since we need this to work out its average speed.
- 4) We can now let go of the car from the start line. The light gates, being connected to a computer, will record the time on a software that allows you to data log.
- 5) Repeat this experiment a few times to obtain your average speed and repeating makes your experiment more reliable.
- 6) Now using the equation in 1.3 (click here) work out the average speed of the toy car going along the track.