Rolling downhill

Data Tables

Table 1: time and distance for ball to roll
full length of slope

distance ball travels (cm)

trial number

time (seconds)
 

1

  

2

  

3

  

4

  

5

  

median time:

Table 2: time and distance for ball to roll down
three quarters of the slope

distance ball travels (cm)

trial number

time (seconds)

 

 

1

  

2

  

3

  

4

  

5

  

median time:

 

Table 3: time and distance for ball to roll down
half of the slope

distance ball travels (cm)

trial number

time (seconds)

 

 

1

  

2

  

3

  

4

  

5

  

median time:

Table 4: time and distance for ball to roll down
the first quarter of the slope

distance ball travels (cm)

trial number

time (seconds)

 

 

1

  

2

  

3

  

4

  

5

  

median time:

Table 5. Average velocity of a ball rolling on a slope for different periods of time.

distance (cm)

median time (seconds)

average velocity

(cm / sec)
     
     
     
     

0

0

0


Average velocity of a rolling ball on a slope vs. time it spends on the slope