🔬 Part 1: Investigation Planning

1. Write your investigable question for this energy investigation:

2. Make a reasoned prediction about how ramp height will affect the distance the object travels:

I predict that...

3. List the materials you will use in your investigation:

4. Which type of energy does the ball have at the top of the ramp before release?

Kinetic energy

Potential energy

Heat energy

Sound energy

📊 Part 2: Data Collection & Results

5. Record your measurements in the table below:

6. Calculate the mean (average) distance for each ramp height and record your calculations:

7. Draw a simple flow diagram showing the energy transfers in your investigation. Use arrows and labels (kinetic, potential, heat, sound):

8. What happened to some of the energy when the ball stopped rolling?

It was transferred to heat due to friction

It was transferred to sound energy

It disappeared completely

It was transferred to the surroundings

9. Write your lab report aim (what you were investigating):

Aim:

10. Summarise your method in 2-3 sentences:

Method:

11. Discussion - Was your prediction correct? Use your results as evidence:

The results show that...

12. In one sentence, identify one location of kinetic energy, one location of potential energy, and one energy transfer you observed: