Results Data: group 1 Time (sec) for 46 gram (g) ping pong ball to fall 67.31 cm (+/-0.05cm) at 13°C (+/-0.5°C) Trial Time through First laser gate (sec) (+/- 0.0005 s) Time through second laser gate (sec) (+/- 0.0005 s) Time (sec) (+/- 0.0005 s) Velocity (cm/sec) (+/- 0.074 cm/s) 1 4.139867 4.150909 0.011042 60.95815975 2 3.502265 3.513619 0.011354 59.28307205 3 1.704508 1.7162 0.011692 57.56927814 4 3.377283 3.388905 0.011622 57.91602134 5 3.041487 3.053057 0.01157 58.17631806 6 1.527862 1.538986 0.011124 60.50880978 7 2.009869 2.021241 0.011372 59.18923672 8 2.168155 2.179521 0.011366 59.22048214 9 1.404784 1.416422 0.011638 57.83639801 10 4.617452 4.629175 0.011723 0.574170434 Mean 2.749353 2.7608035 0.01145 0.58784486 group 2 Time (sec) for 46 gram (g) ping pong ball to fall 67.31 cm (+/-0.05cm) at 1°C (+/-0.5°C) Trial Time through First laser gate (sec) (+/- 0.0005 s) Time through second laser gate (sec) (+/- 0.0005 s) Time (sec) (+/- 0.0005 s) Velocity (cm/s) (+/- 0.074 cm/s) 1 2.13291 2.139055 0.006145 109.5362083 2 5.012689 5.024331 0.011642 57.81652637 3 1.407457 1.41991 0.012453 54.05123263 4 2.753048 2.763689 0.010641 63.25533315 5 3.005292 3.016933 0.011641 57.821493 6 2.752316 2.76274 0.010424 64.57214121 7 3.210739 3.221422 0.010683 63.00664607 8 3.194816 3.201394 0.006578 102.3259349 9 2.269305 2.280554 0.011249 59.8364299 10 1.563315 1.571024 0.007709 87.31352964 Mean 2.730189 2.7401052 0.0099165 67.87677104 group 3 Time (sec) for 46 gram (g) ping pong ball to fall 67.31 cm (+/-0.05cm) at 5.5°C (+/-0.5°C) Trial Time through First laser gate (sec) (+/- 0.0005 s) Time through second laser gate (sec) (+/- 0.0005 s) Time (sec) (+/- 0.0005 s) Velocity (cm/s) (+/- 0.074 cm/s) 1 1.333238 1.34475 0.011512 58.46942321 2 1.347044 1.35792 0.010876 61.88856197 3 2.148901 2.160371 0.01147 58.68352223 4 1.163705 1.171384 0.007679 87.65464253 5 1.082288 1.093684 0.011396 59.06458406 6 2.452607 2.46389 0.011283 59.65611983 7 1.873009 1.884596 0.011587 58.09096401 8 1.605408 1.616638 0.01123 59.93766696 9 3.827219 3.83632 0.009101 73.95890561 10 1.953901 1.965577 0.011676 57.64816718 Mean 1.878732 1.889513 0.010781 63.50525576 group 4 Time (sec) for 46 gram (g) ping pong ball to fall 67.31 cm (+/-0.05cm) at 30°C (+/-0.5°C) Trial Time through First laser gate (sec) (+/- 0.0005 s) Time through second laser gate (sec) (+/- 0.0005 s) Time (sec) (+/- 0.0005 s) Velocity (cm/s)(+/- 0.074 cm/s) 1 1.663178 1.674069 0.010891 61.80332385 2 2.081614 2.09309 0.011476 58.65284071 3 1.732441 1.7435 0.011059 60.86445429 4 3.563236 3.575005 0.011769 57.19262469 5 2.919088 2.929261 0.010173 66.16533962 6 4.264568 4.275455 0.010887 61.82603105 7 6.940593 6.950792 0.010199 65.99666634 8 2.427892 2.439552 0.01166 57.72727273 9 1.502151 1.513561 0.01141 58.99211218 10 6.676268 6.686707 0.010439 64.47935626 Mean 3.3771029 3.3880992 0.0109963 61.21149841 group 5 Time (sec) for 46 gram (g) ping pong ball to fall 67.31 cm (+/-0.05cm) at 250°C (+/-0.5°C) Trial Time through First laser gate (sec) (+/- 0.0005 s) Time through second laser gate (sec) (+/- 0.0005 s) Time (sec) (+/- 0.0005 s) Velocity (cm/s) (+/- 0.074 cm/s) 1 11.5022556 11.670237 0.1679814 4.00699125 2 12.487369 12.588013 0.100644 6.687929733 3 3.727551 3.756545 0.028994 23.21514796 4 8.245235 8.363522 0.118287 5.690397085 5 5.595024 5.605968 0.010944 61.50402047 6 4.740616 4.764538 0.023922 28.13727949 7 3.299624 3.376127 0.076503 8.798347777 8 3.272923 3.310057 0.037134 18.12624549 9 0.679374 0.685761 0.006387 105.3859402 10 5.112996 5.207297 0.094301 7.137782208 Mean 5.86629676 5.9328065 0.06650974 26.86900817 The Effect of Temperature (°C) (+/-0.5 °C) on Air Friction (measured by velocity) (cm/s) Temperature (°C) (+/-0.5°C) Velocity (cm/s) (+/- 0.074 cm/s) Uncertainty Frozen 1 67.8768 10.262 Cold 5.5 63.5053 10.262 Room Temp 13 58.7845 10.262 Hot 30 61.2115 10.262 On Fire 250 26.869 10.262 General forms: Mass of Ping pong Ball 46 g V= d/t (°F - 32) x 5/9 = °C TF-Ti=T ?y/y = ?a/a + ?b/b Fd=-bv "Results: According to the data, the ping pong ball at 1°C fell the fastest at 67.88 cm/s while the pingpong ball at 290°C fell the slowest at 26.87 cm/s. The median speed of the drops was 61.21 cm/s held by the ping pong ball at 30°C."