Physics CAT One
Extended Practical Investigation
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Purpose
The Purpose of this investigation is to explore how the terminal velocity of a sphere falling through glycerol varies with the temperature of the glycerol and the size of the sphere.
Introduction
In the early stages of the project it was intended to investigate how the speed of a sphere falling through glycerol varies with the size of the sphere. However, after analysis it was decided that the investigation would be more callenging if a second variable was incorporated. …
