Experimenting Process
What is a hypothesis?
An educated guess
What axis is the x-axis and what axis is the y-axis?
The x-axis is the horizontal axis. The y-axis is the vertical axis.
What is a force?
Any push or pull.
What is a way to protect a phone from an impact when dropped?
A case
What is the next sport Mr. Harris is coaching?
Wrestling
What are control variables?
Variables that are kept the same throughout an experiment?
On what axis is the independent variable located?
X-Axis
A phone breaks when it is involved with a collision with any peak force over 50N. How much force does it take to break it?
Anything 51N and over?
How would you protect and object from breaking when making a case?
Using soft materials on inside, could use harder materials on the outside.
What kind of pets does Mr. Harris have?
Cats
What is the variable the WE change?
The independent variable
On what axis is the dependent variable located?
Y-axis
A player runs at a wall with 200 N of force. How much force does the wall bounce him back with?
200 N
How would a helmet reduce concussion risk?
It helps absorb the impact of another person coming at it.
Which professional football team does Mr. Harris root for?
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
What is the dependent variable?
The variable that is a result of the independent variable changing?
How do you calculate the mean of a data set?
Add up all of the numbers and divide it by the number of data points there are.
Jimmy throws a ball with 100N of force. He then throws a ball with 300N of force. Which situation has more kinetic energy?
When he throws it with 300N.
There can be a great case made out of the best materials in the world. What can hold it back from being a great product?
The price.
Where is the biggest cattle ranch in America by head of cattle?
Central Florida
Uncle Rick changed different baits to see what would catch the most fish, what is the independent variable?
The bait
Uncle rick changed his baits to see how much fish he would catch. What axis would he put fish on?
Y-Axis
Draw a free body diagram of a guy running at a football. The man is running using a force of 200N. The ball football is coming at 100N.
Drawing
What makes materials able to absorb impacts?
Air pockets to compress the material.
What job did Mr. Harris do this past summer that is a great science career?
Electrofishing and fisheries biology.