page 5 physics text book

<p>To detect the car's passage and measure its speed</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is held still just before the first light gate</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To ensure the car starts from the same point each time</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A beam of light is broken and a time is recorded</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To eliminate timing errors due to human reaction time</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To get an average time for the car to reach each light gate</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By dividing the distance between light gates by the average time</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Different things in the experimental set-up</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To reduce human error and get an accurate average time</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A stopwatch with a lap function</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By dividing the distance between light gates by the average time taken</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By placing different materials on the ramp</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>That every other part of the experiment stays the same</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To see how the mass of the car affects its average speed</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The starting position of the car on the ramp</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It speeds up</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Light gates are more accurate</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The angle of the ramp</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To be able to measure speed accurately</p> Signup and view all the answers