Effect of Paper Thickness on Distance
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Procedural Recount
To analyze the effect of paper thickness on the distance covered by a paper plane.
Hypothesis
The thinner the paper the further the paper plane would glide so it would cover a larger distance. This is because of the smaller gravity force acting on the paper plane made out of the thinner paper, since the mass of this plane is smaller.
Apparatus
Tape measurer
Blue tack
6 sheets of different types of paper (office paper, paper towel, cardboard of different thickness and recycled paper)
Method
Six sheets paper which were 15cm by 21cm were taken
Each of the sheets of paper were folded into “Nicks plane”
Then someone stood on a marked spot where the experiment was performed.
The planes got thrown and it glided in the air
Blue tack was as a marking on the place where the plane landed
Steps 3,4 and 5 were repeated five times
Distance was measured from marked standing spot to blue tack
Steps 3 to 7 were repeated for each plane
Variables
Force [constants]
Wind [constants]
Distant [dependant variable]
Types of paper [independent variable]
Results
Plane #1 [Black Cardboard]
Thickness = 30 micrometers
Weight =6.484g
Repeat Number
Distance Covered (mm)
Average Distance- 4552mm
Plane #2 [yellow cardboard]
Thickness = 19 micrometers
Weight =4.047g
Repeat Number
Distance Covered (mm)
Average Distance- 5840mm
Plane #3 [white cardboard]
Thickness = 16 micrometers
Weight = 3.515g
Repeat Number
Distance Covered(mm)
Average Distance- 5949mm
Plane #4 [office paper]
Thickness = 10 micrometers
Weight = 2.552g
Repeat Number
Distance Covered(mm)