This is a picture of the two balls we used to test out whether or not the size of the ball affects which ball will hit the ground first if we drop both balls from the same height. We all predicted which ball we think would be faster or if we thought that both balls would have the same speed. After a couple of trials we figured out that even though one of the balls was bigger they still had the same speed. Today we also learned that the gravity of the earth is about 9.8 m/s^2 or 10 m/s^2 downward and this is the reason why the two balls had the same speed while dropping to the ground.
Nice explanation on how our lab worked. It was a good review of what we learned. Good luck on todays test.
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