Marble Momentum Experiment

Analysis discussion of your results in detail this should be more than 1 2 sentences.

Marble momentum experiment.

Student advanced version only 8. Stacking two books or using the large marble increased the momentum by an almost equal amount. We first timed and found the velocity for four trials which we used to find the distance for which the marble should end up. The 101 coolest simple science experiments.

The bottom marble has no momentum whatsoever which means all the momentum comes from the rolling top marble. The large marble rolled off at a slower speed than that of the small marble that struck it. By the law of the conservation of momentum the prod uct of mass 2 speed momentum should be the same before and after the collision. Conserving energy have students explore potential and kinetic energy by releasing a marble on a simulated roller coaster.

Your main set up should be assembled as pictured below. In the experiments above we considered only linear momentum but the marbles are spinning as they move on the track. This next experiment came from bill nye the science guy but i can t remember if it was in a book or on the show. We found that the marble rolling down from the height of one book has the least momentum.

The marble will be rolled down the meter stick or ruler using string and rubber bands to create guardrails to stop the marble from rolling off. What did your results show. What did you exactly do. Momentum and inelastic collisions.

In trials 1 and 2 of the data table the marbles that moved off the ruler had the same. Thus the angular momentum of. Repeat the experiment but this time roll two marbles into the row of five. When it runs into the motionless marbles its momentum gets transferred from one marble to the next.

Marbles in the tube. In order for the moving marble s momentum to be conserved some of the momentum of the top marble should transfer to the unmoving bottom marble upon contact putting the immobile marble in motion. In part two a spinning m1 marble hits a non spinning m2 marble. Try to transfer the momentum with three marbles.

Simulate what happens when a meteor hits the moon using flour and marbles or small toys. In this experiment you will observe a rolling marble on a stationary object cup. With two moving marbles there s twice as much momentum to transfer. A moving marble has momentum.