Finding Acceleration Due To Gravity Lab

Acceleration of gravity lab basic version in this lab you will explore the motion of falling objects.

Finding acceleration due to gravity lab. You will also learn how to prove by experiment that the acceleration due to gravity is approximately 9 8 m s s. University physics with modern physics st1 edition by w. March 6 2013 using a simple pendulum the acceleration due to gravity in salt lake city utah usa was found to be 9 8 1 m s2. Acceleration due to gravity phy151h1f experiment 1.

Acceleration answers free gravity lab object velocity. The letter g does not stand for grams and is measured in units of m s 2 or. 2 2 you will be able to estimate the acceleration due to gravity on the earth s surface or at least rochester s surface which is almost as good. Instead of the acceleration being 9 81 m s 2 down as i hypothesized it was actually 6 73 m s 2 down when calculated due to calculation and experimental errors.

Meters second second the way you ll calculate this acceleration due to gravity. This example serves as a template to assist you in writing lab reports for phys 3719. This acceleration is the result of the force of gravitation between the falling object and earth. The idea in this lab is to determine the acceleration due to gravity and to see if it truly is 9 8m s 2.

The standard value will be 9 8 m sec2. Evelynn walton department of physics university of utah salt lake city 84112 ut usa dated. Advanced undergraduate lab department of physics and astronomy university of utah salt lake city utah 84112 this is an example of a lab report associated with obtaining the acceleration due to gravity g and applying mathematical models. The value of this acceleration is about 9 8 m s s or equivalently about 32 ft s s.

After watching this video you will be able to explain how objects fall under gravity. In doing this lab you will become more familiar with the effects of gravity by finding the acceleration due to gravity experimentally. Determining the acceleration due to gravity with a simple pendulum quintin t. The acceleration due to gravity fall 2013 jason harlow and brian wilson today s textbook reference to review before lab.

The acceleration due to gravity is symbolized by the letter g note. In the next section we will show how to calculate the acceleration of the masses used in atwood s machine. We will use a microphone and computer to accurately measure short time intervals. Westfall 2011 chapter 4 force.