Uniform Acceleration

Term Paper # 115943

A review of an experiment that studied the type of motion that would be experienced by an object moving down an incline plane.

1,172 words () | 4 sources | MLA | 2008 Canada

Paper Summary:

The paper describes the experiment that attempted to determine whether the motion of an object moving down an inclined plane was uniform motion, uniform acceleration, or nonuniform acceleration. The paper outlines the materials and procedure used and records the data in tables. The paper discusses the results and concludes that the motion experienced by an object traveling down an inclined plane would be uniform acceleration. Tables and formulas are included with the paper.

Outline:
Materials
Procedure
Observations
Calculations
Discussion

From the Paper:

"The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether the motion of an object moving down an inclined plane was uniform motion, uniform acceleration, or nonuniform acceleration.
"The type of motion that will be experienced by an object moving down an incline plane will be uniform acceleration. This is thought because the inclined plane has a constant angle, meaning that the object moving down it will have the same velocity increase every second."