Rubber Band Force Experiment

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Rubber band force experiment.

1 22 practical investigate how extension varies with applied force for helical springs metal wires and rubber bands. Read more image bow tie weave chain. Shoot a rubber band by hooking it on the front edge of the ruler then stretching it back to 10 centimeters cm on the ruler and letting the rubber band go. A lighter object needs less force to move than a heavier object.

A force is a push or a pull. Rubber band it stretches. Every physics experiment has a purpose often phrased as a question that the experiment hopes to answer. Explode a watermelon using just rubber bands.

1 03 understand how the results of experiments involving the dilution of coloured solutions and diffusion of gases can be explained. If you want to make your own experiment here is an. Rubber bands this experiment is essentially the same as the spring experiment the sole difference being that once all of the masses have been added they should then be removed one at a time and the positions recorded as this is done. Forces can make object moves or stop speed them up or slow them down.

If you push a toy car it moves if you push it harder it moves faster. Firstly by pulling back the rubber band racer you stretch the rubber band thereby storing energy also known as potential energy. A physicist would ask how is the force that you apply related to the amount of stretch. Generally we want to.

Forces and motion what is a force. Discover science activities by educators that teach you how things really move. How to build a rubber band force scale. This science activity is perfect for science fairs or simply some fun with your class.

More details at dot physics scienceblogs. For the bottom mass the gravitational force pulls down but the rubber band pulls up giving it a lower net force and thus a smaller acceleration.