course phy 201 ???????ß????assignment #000000. `Query 0
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19:34:57 The Query program normally asks you questions about assigned problems and class notes, in question-answer-self-critique format. Since Assignments 0 and 1 consist mostly of lab-related activities, most of the questions on these queries will be related to your labs and will be in open-ended in form, without given solutions, and will not require self-critique. The purpose of this Query is to gauge your understanding of some basic ideas about motion and timing, and some procedures to be used throughout the course in analyzing our observations. Answer these questions to the best of your ability. If you encounter difficulties, the instructor's response to this first Query will be designed to help you clarify anything you don't understand. {}{}Respond by stating the purpose of this first Query, as you currently understand it.
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RESPONSE --> The first query is to help you understand ideas about motion and timing that was in the first assignments labs.
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????????????z?? assignment #000 000. `Query 0 Physics I 09-15-2007
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20:50:52 The Query program normally asks you questions about assigned problems and class notes, in question-answer-self-critique format. Since Assignments 0 and 1 consist mostly of lab-related activities, most of the questions on these queries will be related to your labs and will be in open-ended in form, without given solutions, and will not require self-critique. The purpose of this Query is to gauge your understanding of some basic ideas about motion and timing, and some procedures to be used throughout the course in analyzing our observations. Answer these questions to the best of your ability. If you encounter difficulties, the instructor's response to this first Query will be designed to help you clarify anything you don't understand. {}{}Respond by stating the purpose of this first Query, as you currently understand it.
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RESPONSE --> The purpose of this query is to help me understand the basic ideas about motion and timing from the experiments I have done so far.
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20:52:33 If, as in the object-down-an-incline experiment, you know the distance an object rolls down an incline and the time required, explain how you will use this information to find the object 's average speed on the incline.
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RESPONSE --> You would know the distance by dividing length by the time. This will give me the average speed on an incline. confidence assessment: 2
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20:54:42 If an object travels 40 centimeters down an incline in 5 seconds then what is its average velocity on the incline? Explain how your answer is connected to your experience.
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RESPONSE --> It would go 8cm/sec. It is connected to the experiment because it it traveling down an inclined ramp that is made steeper at each section of the experiment. confidence assessment: 2
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21:01:10 If the same object requires 3 second to reach the halfway point, what is its average velocity on the first half of the incline and what is its average velocity on the second half?
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RESPONSE --> The average velocity of the first incline would be 6.7cm. Then on the second incline the average velocity would be 10 cm per second. confidence assessment: 1
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21:03:26 Using the same type of setup you used for the first object-down-an-incline lab, if the computer timer indicates that on five trials the times of an object down an incline are 2.42 sec, 2.56 sec, 2.38 sec, 2.47 sec and 2.31 sec, then to what extent do you think the discrepancies could be explained by each of thefollowing: {}{}a. The lack of precision of the TIMER program{}{}b. The uncertain precision of human triggering (uncertainty associated with an actual human finger on a computer mouse){}{}c. Actual differences in the time required for the object to travel the same distance.{}{}d. Differences in positioningthe object prior to release.{}{}e. Human uncertainty in observing exactly when the object reached the end of the incline.
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RESPONSE --> The uncertainty of human triggering would be the main discrepancies of the times being off. confidence assessment: 1
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21:05:58 How much uncertainty do you think each of the following would actually contribute to the uncertainty in timing a number of trials for the object-down-an-incline lab? {}{}a. The lack of precision of the TIMER program{}{}b. The uncertain precision of human triggering (uncertainty associated bLine$(lineCount) =with an actual human finger on a computer mouse){}{}c. Actual differences in the time required for the object to travel the same distance.{}{}d. Differences in positioning the object prior to release.{}{}e. Human uncertainty in observing exactly when the object reached the end of the incline.
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RESPONSE --> A. would not be likely. B. moderately uncertain C.moderatly uncertain D.significanly uncertain E. significantly uncertain confidence assessment: 1
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21:08:48 What, if anything, could you do about the uncertainty due to each of the following? Address each specifically. {}{}a. The lack of precision of the TIMER program{}{}b. The uncertain precision of human triggering (uncertainty associated with an actual human finger on a computer mouse){}{}c. Actualdifferences in the time required for the object to travel the same distance.{}{}d. Differences in positioning the object prior to release.{}{}e. Human uncertainty in observing exactly when the object reached the end of the incline.
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RESPONSE --> A.There is nothing you can do about that because it is comuterized. B.You could practice more to try to become more accurate with the mouse and the timer. C.You should make sure you set it up right and hit the timer consistantly. D.Put a stop on the ramp so you can start it at the same place every time. E.Place something at the bottom of the ramp so you can know that it hits it. confidence assessment: 1
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21:10:31 According to the results of your introductory pendulum experiment, do you think doubling the length of the pendulum will result in half the frequency (frequency can be thought of as the number of cycles per minute), more than half or less than half?
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RESPONSE --> theoretically it would be half as long as the starting point for both pendulum sizes more consistant. confidence assessment: 1
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21:12:17 Note that for a graph of y vs. x, a point on the x axis has y coordinate zero and a point on the y axis has x coordinate zero. In your own words explain why this is so.
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RESPONSE --> If it is directly on the y or x axis then whatever axis it is on it is the only one that the numbers can change. (position) confidence assessment: 1
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21:14:12 On a graph of frequency vs. pendulum length (where frequency is on the vertical axis and length on the horizontal), what would it mean for the graph to intersect the vertical axis (i.e., what would it mean, in terms of the pendulum and its behavior, if the line or curve representing frequency vs. length goes through the vertical axis)? What would this tell you about the length and frequency of the pendulum?
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RESPONSE --> The frequency of the pendulum is dependant upon the length. confidence assessment: 1
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21:15:58 On a graph of frequency vs. pendulum length, what would it mean for the graph to intersect the horizontal axis (i.e., what would it mean, in terms of the pendulum and its behavior, if the line or curve representing frequency vs. length goes through the horizontal axis)? What would this tell you about the length and frequency of the pendulum?
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RESPONSE --> The length of the pendulum dictatates the amount of frequency confidence assessment: 1
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21:16:51 If a ball rolls down between two points with an average velocity of 6 cm / sec, and if it takes 5 sec between the points, then how far apart are the points?
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RESPONSE --> It would be 30 cm apart take 6 and multiply it by 5 to the points. confidence assessment: 2
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21:17:18 On the average the ball moves 6 centimeters every second, so in 5 seconds it will move 30 cm. {}{}The formal calculation goes like this: {}{}We know that vAve = `ds / `dt, where vAve is ave velocity, `ds is displacement and `dt is the time interval. {}It follows by algebraic rearrangement that `ds = vAve * `dt.{}We are told that vAve = 6 cm / sec and `dt = 5 sec. It therefore follows that{}{}`ds = 6 cm / sec * 5 sec = 30 (cm / sec) * sec = 30 cm.{}{}The details of the algebraic rearrangement are asfollows:{}{}vAve = `ds / `dt. We multiply both sides of the equation by `dt:{}vAve * `dt = `ds / `dt * `dt. We simplify to obtain{}vAve * `dt = `ds, which we then write as{}`ds = vAve *`dt.{}{}Be sure to address anything you do not fully understand in your self-critique.
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RESPONSE --> I fully understand how this was answered self critique assessment: 2
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21:17:55 You were asked to read the text and some of the problems at the end of the section. Tell me about something in the text you understood up to a point but didn't understand fully. Explain what you did understand, and ask the best question you can about what you didn't understand.
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RESPONSE --> Haven't had a chance to read the chapter yet. confidence assessment: 0
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21:19:07 Tell me about something in the problems you understand up to a point but don't fully understand. Explain what you did understand, and ask the best question you can about what you didn't understand.
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RESPONSE --> I understood how to get most of the problems that was assigned. I am still working on those to a certain point but the ones I have looked at I seem to understand. confidence assessment: 0
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