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This document describes a laboratory experiment to teach students about linear momentum using marbles. The objectives are to understand momentum, inertia, and Newton's Second Law of Motion. Students set up marbles on a track and roll one marble into stationary marbles to observe how momentum transfers between objects. Data on the initial and final positions of marbles is recorded. Questions address how the number of moving marbles is affected and whether momentum is conserved. The conclusion is that momentum remained constant, demonstrating its conservation in this isolated system.

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Plate No 5

This document describes a laboratory experiment to teach students about linear momentum using marbles. The objectives are to understand momentum, inertia, and Newton's Second Law of Motion. Students set up marbles on a track and roll one marble into stationary marbles to observe how momentum transfers between objects. Data on the initial and final positions of marbles is recorded. Questions address how the number of moving marbles is affected and whether momentum is conserved. The conclusion is that momentum remained constant, demonstrating its conservation in this isolated system.

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I.

OBJECTIVES:
1. To help students understand the concepts of momentum and inertia by doing a
hands-on experiment that gives them a visual way to understand the concepts.
2. To understand the principle of second law of motion.

II. DISCUSSION:

Newton’s Second Law of Motion states that if you wish to accelerate something,
you must apply a force to it. Newton’s First Law of Motion then says, once an object
is moving it will remain moving (unless friction or another outside force, like a wall,
stops it). This is inertia of motion, or momentum.

The momentum of a moving object is related to its mass and velocity. A moving
object has a large momentum if it has a large mass, a large velocity, or both. A marble
can be stopped more easily than a bowling ball. Both balls have momentum. However,
the bowling ball has more momentum than a marble. Momentum changes if the velocity
and/or mass changes.

Momentum is a quantity of motion equal to the product of the mass and the
velocity of the object. An object with more mass has more momentum, and an object
with more velocity also has more momentum.

Conservation of momentum says that momentum is neither created nor destroyed,


it only moves from one place to another. So, if two cars hit each other in a crash, all
that momentum goes somewhere. The reason it seems like it disappears is that
momentum can be absorbed into the earth.

FRANCISCO, JESSA P.
LINEAR MOMENTUM
APRIL 18, 2023 1
USING MARBLES

BSCE - 1 LABORATORY NO. 5 MAY 08, 2023 4


III. MATERIALS:
• Ruler
• Marbles

IV. PROCEDURES:

1. Place 10 marbles on the track (ruler or meter sticks)


2. Study the example in the data table. It shows two marbles being shoved into eight
stationary marbles.
3. Set up the marbles as shown in position one. You are slowly rolling one marble
into nine stationary marbles. Show your results on the right side of the data table.
4. Repeat for marble positions two through six
5. Make up two of your own situations for number seven through ten. Be sure to
show the starting marbles and the position after the momentum transfer.

V. PRESENTATION OF DATA AND RESULTS:


POSITION OF STARTING POSITION AFTER MOMENTUM
MARBLES TRANSFER
Example
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
USE YOUR OWN IDEAS BELOW
7.
8.
9.
10.

VI. QUESTIONS:

1. Describe how the number of marbles hitting the row affected the number of marbles
moving out of the row.

2. What happened to the momentum of the hitting marble when it came in contact with
the stationary marble?

3. How many marbles would come out of the row if you rolled one metal marble with a
mass that was double that of one glass marble? Explain!

4. Is the momentum conserved? Explain your answer.

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VII. SKETCH and DOCUMENTATION:

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VIII. Conclusion:
Linear momentum is the product of an object’s mass and its velocity. In this laboratory
experiment, we used marbles to demonstrate the conservation of linear momentum. We set up
a track with three connected sections and placed two marbles on each section. We then rolled
the first marble towards the other two, causing them to move in opposite directions. By
measuring the initial and final velocities of each marble, we could calculate their linear
momenta before and after the collision.

We concluded that the total linear momentum of the system was conserved throughout the
experiment, which means The laboratory on linear momentum using marbles was a great way
to understand the concept of momentum in a practical way. The experiment involved rolling
marbles down a ramp and measuring their momentum using a simple formula.

Through the experiment, we learned that momentum is a vector quantity that depends on the
mass and velocity of an object. We also learned that momentum is conserved in an isolated
system, meaning that the total momentum of the system remains constant even if individual
objects within the system collide or interact with each other.

The experiment also helped us understand the difference between elastic and inelastic
collisions. In an elastic collision, the marbles bounce off each other with no loss of kinetic
energy, while in an inelastic collision, the marbles stick together and some kinetic energy is
lost.

Overall, the laboratory on linear momentum using marbles was a fun and engaging way to
learn about an important concept in physics. It allowed us to see how the principles of
momentum apply to real-world situations and gave us a better understanding of the
fundamental laws of motion.

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IX. CONCLUSION:

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