25. A student wants to perform an experiment where they have to measure the time interval for a ball bearing rolling down a slope (as with your first practical), in order to determine the acceleration on the ball-bearing. They take 1 measurement for every distance (they move the end of the measuring equipment 10 cm further way every time), and then they plot a graph. This graph comes out with very scattered values that do not form a straight line at all. What could be the reason for this? Choose all correct answers. A. They should have taken more than one measurement at every distance. B. The stopping wires might have malfunctioned sometimes, so they should have made sure that the stopping wires only touched the metal when the ball bearing rolled over it. C. The graph is fine with only one value measured per distance. It is the acceleration that was not consistent. Nothing needs to be changed. D. The graph axes need to be adjusted to make the data show a straight line.

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25. A student wants to perform an experiment where they have to measure the time interval for
a ball bearing rolling down a slope (as with your first practical), in order to determine the
acceleration on the ball-bearing. They take 1 measurement for every distance (they move the
end of the measuring equipment 10 cm further way every time), and then they plot a graph.
This graph comes out with very scattered values that do not form a straight line at all. What
could be the reason for this? Choose all correct answers.
A. They should have taken more than one measurement at every distance.
B. The stopping wires might have malfunctioned sometimes, so they should have made sure
that the stopping wires only touched the metal when the ball bearing rolled over it.
C. The graph is fine with only one value measured per distance. It is the acceleration that was
not consistent. Nothing needs to be changed.
D. The graph axes need to be adjusted to make the data show a straight line.
Transcribed Image Text:25. A student wants to perform an experiment where they have to measure the time interval for a ball bearing rolling down a slope (as with your first practical), in order to determine the acceleration on the ball-bearing. They take 1 measurement for every distance (they move the end of the measuring equipment 10 cm further way every time), and then they plot a graph. This graph comes out with very scattered values that do not form a straight line at all. What could be the reason for this? Choose all correct answers. A. They should have taken more than one measurement at every distance. B. The stopping wires might have malfunctioned sometimes, so they should have made sure that the stopping wires only touched the metal when the ball bearing rolled over it. C. The graph is fine with only one value measured per distance. It is the acceleration that was not consistent. Nothing needs to be changed. D. The graph axes need to be adjusted to make the data show a straight line.
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