Marble Momentum Experiment

In order for the moving marble s momentum to be conserved some of the momentum of the top marble should transfer to the unmoving bottom marble upon contact putting the immobile marble in motion.

Marble momentum experiment. The large marble rolled off at a slower speed than that of the small marble that struck it. When it runs into the motionless marbles its momentum gets transferred from one marble to the next. In this experiment you will observe a rolling marble on a stationary object cup. By the law of the conservation of momentum the prod uct of mass 2 speed momentum should be the same before and after the collision.

With two moving marbles there s twice as much momentum to transfer. This next experiment came from bill nye the science guy but i can t remember if it was in a book or on the show. In the experiments above we considered only linear momentum but the marbles are spinning as they move on the track. Momentum and inelastic collisions.

Repeat the experiment but this time roll two marbles into the row of five. The m1 marble loses speed and thus spin the m2 marble goes from not spinning sitting still on the track to spinning very quickly. Popular marble experiments help students discover basic principles of energy mass velocity and momentum using ramps rulers and cardboard tubes. Student advanced version only 8.

The bottom marble has no momentum whatsoever which means all the momentum comes from the rolling top marble. Simulate what happens when a meteor hits the moon using flour and marbles or small toys. In part two a spinning m1 marble hits a non spinning m2 marble. Your main set up should be assembled as pictured below.

We first timed and found the velocity for four trials which we used to find the distance for which the marble should end up. A moving marble has momentum. In trials 1 and 2 of the data table the marbles that moved off the ruler had the same. Thus the angular momentum of.

Awesome things to do with your parents babysitters and other adults from the quirky mommas behind the popular kids activities blog has a similar activity to our marble drop experiment. We found that the marble rolling down from the height of one book has the least momentum. Stacking two books or using the large marble increased the momentum by an almost equal amount. The 101 coolest simple science experiments.

What did your results show. Marbles in the tube. What did you exactly do. Analysis discussion of your results in detail this should be more than 1 2 sentences.