Pupil sheet · Measuring and the pendulum
Measuring and the pendulum — return questions
Name ______________________ Date ____________
Use one to two weeks after the lessons. Keep the notes and the lesson closed.
1. describe
Keep the lesson closed. Describe how you would find the thickness of one coin, using a pile of identical coins and a ruler marked in millimetres. Say what you would measure and what you would calculate.
2. calculate / explain
Keep the lesson closed. A pupil times 10 oscillations of a pendulum and gets 16.0 s. (a) Calculate the period. (b) Write the heading for the column of periods in a results table. (c) Give one reason why timing 10 oscillations is better than timing one. (d) Which timer would you use to time a ball falling 0.50 m, and why?
(a) Period, with working
(b) Column heading
(c) Why time 10 oscillations
(d) Timer for a ball falling 0.50 m, and why