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How does varying the temperature of a copper wire (25.0, 100.0, 125.0, 150.0, 175.0, 200.0 °C) impact its resistance (Ω) measured by a multimeter (200 Ω) and an infrared thermometer?
How does the mass of a marble (0.0050, 0.0100, 0.0150, 0.0200, 0.0250 kg) affect its vertical terminal velocity in a water container when dropped from a constant height measured using video analysis software?
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How does the length of a beam (0.100 m, 0.125 m, 0.150 m, 0.175 m, 0.200 m, 0.225 m, 0.250 m) affect the sag (δ) produced as measured by adding a known mass?
How does the height to which water is filled in a bottle (5.50, 7.20, 8.90, 10.60. 12.30, 14.00, 15.70 cm) affect the volume of water lost (in cm^3 ) and hence the volumetric flow rate (in cm^3 s^-1 )?
What is the effect of increasing tension (25 N, 29 N, 33 N, 37 N, 41 N, 45 N, and 49 N) on the fundamental frequency of an electric guitar string as measured by analyzing the produced sound via a digital tuner?
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What is the effect of increasing graphite content (50%, 55%, 60%, 63%, 71%, 74%, and 79%) on the electrical conductivity of the core of a pencil as measured by the resistance across the pencil’s ends?
What is the effect of increasing mass (2.0, 4.0, 6.0, 8.0 g) on the drag coefficient at terminal velocity as measured by the tracking of the position of the ball during free fall?
How does a steel spring’s temperature (20.0, 40.0, 60.0, 80.0, 100.0°C) affect its spring constant as measured by the length of the spring’s extension from the position of equilibrium under applied uniform load?
How does the temperature affect the internal resistance of an Alkaline Battery?
How does the air pressure of the air inside a water rocket, in the range of 97,000 Pa to 250,000 Pa, affect the maximum height (in meters) that the rocket reaches?
How does the diameter of a parachute vent affect its terminal velocity when falling through air?
How does the temperature of corn oil (20º C, 35º C, 50º C, 65º C, 80º C) affect the refractive index by using a refractometer?
How does the angle of an inclined plane affect the final angular velocity of a ball that rolls down onto the floor?
How does temperature affect the speed of sound in water?
How does the length of the string (0.15, 0.25, 0.35, 0.45, and 0.55 m) affect the period of a bifilar pendulum?
How does the temperature of glycerol affect its viscosity as measured by the time it takes for a ball to fall a fixed distance through the fluid?
The effect of increasing surface area of the blob on damping of pendulums
What is the relationship between impact velocity and coefficient of restitution of a tennis ball dropped from varying heights onto the centre of a tennis racket?
To what extent does the increase in the concentration of sugar in water (100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450 gdm-3 ) affect its viscosity?
How do different temperatures of a viscous fluid (20°C, 25°C, 30°C, 35°C, 40°C, 45°C, 50°C (Celsius, °C, ±0.5°C)) affect the terminal velocity (ms-1) of a ball with fixed radius (11.94 mm (±0.01 mm)) dropped through it when determined using video analysis?
To what extent does temperature ( 275, 285, 295, 305 and 315 K ) affect pressure in light ideal gases at a constant volume of 1x10-6 m3? Phet colorado Ideal gas simulation
How does the surface area of a liquid affect its rate of evaporation?
To what extent does the salinity of water affect its specific heat capacity?
How does the temperature of a steel spring affect its spring constant, 𝑘?
How does the height of an inclined plane affect the moment of inertia of a sealed oil drum?
Would an increase in the mass of a sphere shaped plastic affect its terminal velocity when dropped in a dishwashing detergent (viscous medium) ?
What is the drag coefficient of a round parachute?
What effect does the surface area of a paper plane’s wings have on its horizontal displacement (in cm) when launched from a height of 86.4 ± 0.05 cm?
How does a temperature change affect the resistance of copper coils connected in series, measured by calculating their resistance when submerged in various water temperatures?
The effect of salt concentration on specific heat capacity of a solution
To what extent the change in the distance of two identical masses from the center of a bifilar pendulum affects its period of oscillation
Determining Planck’s constant through investigating the relationship between the wavelength of light emitted by different light emitting diodes and their threshold voltages.
How does changing the temperature of a circuit affect its power output?
Examining the Index of Refraction of Water at Different Temperatures
How can the coefficient of viscosity of dish soap be determined from the relationship between the radius and terminal velocity of a falling glass marble?
How does varying densities of water affect the resonant frequency of a a wine glass that is set into vibration through stick-slip-motion?
What is the relationship between the inner radius of a hollow cylinder and the time taken for it to roll down an inclined plane?
How does the tension of a bass guitar string affect the frequency squared of the note it emits?
How does the concentration of salt in water affect the specific heat capacity?
To what extent does the diameter of a guitar string affect its fundamental frequency?