Free falling object is an object that is falling under the influence of gravity.

In which
object that is being acted upon only by the force of gravity is said to be in a state
of free fall. There are two important motion characteristics that are true of free-falling
objects: First free falling objects do not encounter air resistance, and second the
acceleration rate (on earth) is 9.8 m/s/s.
In our experiment we will use a Motion Detector to collect distance, velocity, and
acceleration data for a ball thrown straight upward. We will be able to notice the free
fall for the ball going up and then returning to its place. And the graph of its velocity vs.
time, distance vs. time graph and the acceleration vs. time graph.

Collect position, velocity, and acceleration data as a ball travels straight up and

down.
Analyze the position vs. time, velocity vs. time, and acceleration vs. time graphs.
Determine the best-fit equations for the distance vs. time and velocity vs. time
graphs.
Determine the mean acceleration from the acceleration vs. time graph.
Know the free fall , and the concept .
To determine gravitational acceleration by studying the velocity of a falling object

If air resistance was ignored then free fall will act on the object and the acceleration
will be 9.81m/s2.
1.

Independent: Time

2.

Dependent:
a. Position
b. Velocity
c. Acceleration

3.

Constants: The testing environment, air resistance and location.

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In this experiment a ball was held straight up above a device called Motion Detector,
We prepared to collect data by connecting the detector by a cable to the Lab Quest.
This made it possible to measure the height of the ball from the detector. The device
was to collect the data, the moment the ball was thrown up. We repeated the steps
until we got the typical graphs of position-time, velocity-time and acceleration-time.

We observed that the acceleration of the ball the entire time it is in

the air is 9.81m/s2 downward.
We also observed that motion is described in terms of velocity and
acceleration. The acceleration causes the ball's velocity to decrease
at a constant rate until it reaches maximum altitude, at which point
it turns around and starts to fall. In order to turn around the ball's
velocity must pass through zero. Therefore, at maximum altitude
the velocity of the ball must be zero.
Since gravity provides the same acceleration to the ball on the way
up (slowing it down) as on the way down (speeding it up), the time
to reach maximum altitude is the same as the time to return to its
launch position.

During free fall, the data for position, velocity and acceleration were as follows:
Time/s Position/m Velocity/m/s Acceleration/m/s2
2.35
0.53
8.49
0.67
2.08
0.59
9.78
0.7
1.82
0.64
9.49
0.72
1.62
0.68
9.53
0.75
1.36
0.72
9.96
0.77
1.09
0.75
9.56
0.8
0.87
0.77
8.97
0.82
0.67
0.79
9.14
0.85
0.43
0.81
9.87
0.87
0.16
0.814
10.2
0.9
0.10
0.815
9.97
0.92
0.34
0.808
9.41
0.95
0.797
9.22
0.97
0.56
0.780
9.37
1
0.79
0.758
9.49
1.02
1.03
0.729
9.40
1.05
1.27
0.694
9.21
1.07
1.50
0.654
9.22
1.1
1.73
0.608
8.60
1.12
1.98


In the position time graph above, the highlighted region shows the free fall. Slope of this
graph gives us the velocity time graph below.

The highlighted region in the graph is a straight line during free fall. So the slope of this
graph= acceleration= constant and negative. The value of the slope is shown above
which is close to g.

The highlighted part of the graph is a horizontal straight line. So acceleration is

constant = -9.9m/s2.

Based from the results of our experiment, we conclude that all falling bodies have the
same motion regardless of mass when air resistance is negligible. The weight, size, and
shape of an object are not factors in describing a free fall. When an object falls under
the influence of gravity, its velocity increases at a regular pace and the average of this
pace is known as g = 9.8 m/s2.

1.

Air resistance.

2.

The ball was not accurately thrown.

3.

Human error.