GIZMOS STUDENT EXPLORATION FULL SOLUTION QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS PREPARATION RESOURCE

GIZMOS STUDENT EXPLORATION FULL
SOLUTION QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS PREPARATION RESOURCE

●● Patty decides to try another experiment. From the same branch, she
drops a large, heavy rock and a small pebble. What would happen this
time?
Answer: Both the large, heavy rock and the small branch would fall at
the same rate and hit the ground at the same time.


●● What did you drop?
Answer: The ping pong ball and the watermelon.


●● Did the objects fall at the same rate?
Answer: No they didn't.


●● Which object fell faster?
Answer: The watermelon fell faster.


●● Click Reset (). Drop each possible combination of objects without
parachutes. Which object fell fastest?
Answer: The watermelon

, ●● Slowest?
Answer: The ping pong ball.


●● Why do you think some objects fall faster than others?
Answer: Due to air resistance and the weight of the object.


●● Form hypothesis: How do you think objects will fall when there is no
air?
Answer: All the objects will fall at the same rate.


●● Experiment: Drop the different objects from the top of the tower.
What do you notice?
Answer: That both objects had the same speed and feel to the ground at
the same time.


●● Click Reset. Drop the watermelon and the ping pong ball from the
top of the tower. Watch the speedometers. They show each object's speed
in meters per second (m/s). What do you notice?
Answer: Both objects fell at the same rate.


●● What is the final speed of each object?
Answer: 28.06 m/s