Figure 1. Projectile Motion Procedure I (Varying Projectile Mass): 1) On your browser, type the following url: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/projectile-motion/latest/projectile-motion_en.html 2) After the page loads, select the Lab option that shows on your computer screen. This should bring you to the screen as you see in Figure 1. 3) Set the angle of the cannon at 60 degrees with respect to the horizontal. 4) Set the initial velocity of the cannon at 5 m/s. 5) On the table located on the upper right hand corner of the screen, select different cannon mass values as shown on table 1. 6) Determine the total time of flight, height and range of the cannon projectile using the floating table located at the top of the screen. 7) Fill out all of the blank boxes on Table 1. Questions Set 1: Does the projectile mass have any effect on its time of flight? Yes/No ____________ Does the projectile mass have any effect on its maximu height? Yes/No ____________ Does the projectile mass have any effect on its range? Yes/No ____________ What is the initial velocity of the cannon ball along the x- axis? _______________ What is the initial velocity of the cannon ball along the y axis? _______________ What is the velocity of the cannon ball along the x-axis at the top of its flight? _____________ What is the velocity of the cannon ball along the y-axis at the top of its flight? _____________ What is the velocity of the cannon ball along the x-axis at the end of its flight? _____________ What is the velocity of the cannon ball along the y-axis at the end of its flight? _____________ How do you find the time for the cannon ball to hit the top of its flight? ___________________ __________________________________________________________________________
Introduction:
For this Laboratory, we are going to use the Phet Interactive Laboratory to determine the effects of initial velocity, angle and mass to the maximum height, time of flight and range of a projectile.
Figure 1. Projectile Motion
Procedure I (Varying Projectile Mass):
1) On your browser, type the following url:
https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/projectile-motion/latest/projectile-motion_en.html
2) After the page loads, select the Lab option that shows on your computer screen. This should bring you to the screen as you see in Figure 1.
3) Set the angle of the cannon at 60 degrees with respect to the horizontal.
4) Set the initial velocity of the cannon at 5 m/s.
5) On the table located on the upper right hand corner of the screen, select different cannon mass values as shown on table 1.
6) Determine the total time of flight, height and range of the cannon projectile using the floating table located at the top of the screen.
7) Fill out all of the blank boxes on Table 1.
Questions Set 1:
- Does the projectile mass have any effect on its time of flight? Yes/No ____________
- Does the projectile mass have any effect on its maximu height? Yes/No ____________
- Does the projectile mass have any effect on its range? Yes/No ____________
- What is the initial velocity of the cannon ball along the x- axis? _______________
- What is the initial velocity of the cannon ball along the y axis? _______________
- What is the velocity of the cannon ball along the x-axis at the top of its flight? _____________
- What is the velocity of the cannon ball along the y-axis at the top of its flight? _____________
- What is the velocity of the cannon ball along the x-axis at the end of its flight? _____________
- What is the velocity of the cannon ball along the y-axis at the end of its flight? _____________
- How do you find the time for the cannon ball to hit the top of its flight? ___________________
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