My project is basically about how friction affects affects objects in motion.
I used five surfaces: wood, Aluminum foil, Felt,Sand paper ,and Ice.
What i did basically is that i launched four objects across the surfaces. specifically i launched s wood block, a plastic container, and a sponge across the first four surfaces. I used Tires For the ice surface in order to connect my project to real world applications. Here is my data:
Conclusion: In conclusion, the higher the static and kinetic friction of the object it is the less distance it will travel.
From my results I can also conclude that friction varies under different object-surface combinations later affecting how far it travels. Also despite being of different masses, the two tire blocks traveled the same distance which shows that their frictional coefficients different and the heavier one has less frictional coefficient than smaller one. This difference in frictional coefficient can be attributed to the difference in the surface properties of tire material or the tire texture.My hypothesis is correct, objects traveled more on wood than sandpaper and friction did play a role and in the tire's case the texture played a role as well.
