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Newton's Third Law and Aircraft Propulsion

Worksheet

  1. Record the results of each experiment in the table shown below and compute the volume for the balloon.

    Amount of Air
    Circumference
    (cm)
    Diameter
    (cm)
    Distance Traveled (cm)
    Volume of Balloon
    (cm)3
    full





    1/4 full





    1/2 full





    3/4 full






  2. Complete a plot showing the distance the balloon traveled with each experiment.

    Graph image

  3. What conclusion can be made from this graph and how does is relate to Newton's Third Law?

 


 

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