A turbine (an enclosed fan) is mounted on a glider that slides along an air track. Air flowing from small holes in the track levitates the glider
so that it slides almost frictionlessly along the track. When spinning,
the turbine pushes air to the left.
Now we are ready to explore what quantities affect the acceleration
of the glider. There are two experimental questions here.
1. How does the acceleration of the glider depend on the Force of the
Fan?
2. How does the acceleration of the glider depend on the Mass of the
Glider?
Before we begin, write a hypothesis for each experimental Question.
What do you think will happen and why?
You should have a statement like: The acceleration of the glider
willwhen the force of the fan because.
I collected the data and the percent difference for the force was 14%
and the percent difference for the mass was 8%. How do I account for
the percent differences and how could I change the experiment to get
accurate results?
1. Conclusions: How do you account for the percent differences that you found from your graphs?
2. Conclusion: Describe how you could change the experiment to get more accurate results.