What Affects The Period Of A Pendulum?

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Pendulum Lab Write-Up 1.) What affects the period of a pendulum? 2.) Length of String: Hypothesis: I predict that the longer the string is, the longer period the pendulum will have. The independent variable is the length of the string. The angle of the drop height was at 90 degrees and the mass was 10 grams Length of String (mm) | Trial 1 (seconds) | Trial 2 (seconds) | Trial 3 (seconds) | Average (seconds) | Period (seconds) | 300 mm | 25.15 seconds | 25.26 seconds | 25.12 seconds | 25.18 seconds | 1.259 seconds | 200 mm | 20.70 seconds | 21.15 seconds | 20.78 seconds | 20.88 seconds | 1.044 seconds | 100 mm | 15.61 seconds | 15.60 seconds | 16.03 seconds | 15.75 seconds | 0.7875 seconds | 3.) Mass: Hypothesis: I predict that the greater the mass on the pendulum, the longer period of the pendulum. The independent variable is the mass on the pendulum. The angle of the drop height was at 90 degrees and the length of the string was at 300 mm. Size of Mass ( grams) | Trial 1 (seconds) | Trial 2 (seconds) | Trial 3 (seconds) | Average (seconds) | Period (seconds) | 10 grams | 25.00 seconds | 24.90 seconds | 25.21 seconds | 25.04 seconds | 1.252 seconds | 100 grams | 25.86 seconds | 25.93 seconds | 25.81 seconds | 25.87 seconds | 1.2935 seconds | 500 grams | 26.53 seconds | 26.30 seconds | 26.44 seconds | 26.42 seconds | 1.321 seconds | 1,000 grams | 25.82 seconds | 26.46 seconds | 25.91 seconds | 26.06 seconds | 1.303 seconds | 4.) Angle or Drop Height: Hypothesis: I predict that the larger the angle of drop, the longer period of the pendulum. The independent variable is the drop height. The mass of the pendulum was 100 grams and the string measured 300 mm. Height of Drop (degrees) | Trial 1 (seconds) | Trial 2 (seconds) | Trial 3 (seconds) | Average (seconds) | Period (seconds) | 90 degrees | 26.15 seconds | 25.91

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