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Activity No.: 5
FREE FALLING BODIES

OBJECTIVES:

APPARATUS/MATERIALS: 1 big marble, golf ball, roll – on, ping – pong ball,
jackstone, stop clock, tape measure and string

SET – UP:

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THEORY OF DISCUSSION:

PROCEDURE:

1. Measure the height of the ground floor to a certain point in the second floor using
a string. Measure the length of the string used by the tape measure in meters.
2. Drop the each ball one at a time from the certain point in the second floor which
was measured. Measure the time when the ball was released in the second floor
until it hits the ground floor.
3. Make at least three trials for each of the balls.
4. Compute the average time of the balls when they reached the ground floor.
5. Compute for the acceleration due to gravity “g”.

𝐒 = 𝟎. 𝟓𝐠𝐭 𝟐

6. Compare the g of the five balls and compare them with the true value by
computing the percent difference.

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DATA AND RESULT:

S= m
TIME, secs.
TRIALS MARBLE GOLF JACKSTONE PINGPONG ROLL - ON
BALL
1
2
3
Average
Mass
Gravity, g (m/s2)
Amount Error
% Difference

SAMPLE COMPUTATION:

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INTERPRETATION:

CONCLUSIONS:

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QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS:

1. Define the following:

a. free fall =
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b. Acceleration due to gravity =
.

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2. Who is Galileo Galilei?
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3. A boy on a bridge drops a stone vertically downward toward a river below. If the
stone hits the water 3.0s later, what is the height of the bridge above the water?