Mouse_Trap_Car

Mouse Trap Car Purpose and background Theory The purpose of this project is to build a mouse tap car and apply it to Newton’s laws of motion. Newton’s first law states that every material object continues in its state of rest or in uniform motion in a straight line unless it is compelled to change that state by forces acting on it. Newton’s second law states that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on the object (in the direction of the net force) and is inversely proportional to the mass of the object. Newton’s third law of motion states that whenever one object exerts a force on a second object, the second object exerts an equal and opposite force on the first. Then these laws will apply to your mousetrap car and they will affect the out come of the distance traveled in your mousetrap. Data 1st Trial it traveled 14 feet in 21.34 seconds Velocity .66 m/s 2nd Trial it traveled 14 feet in 11.34 seconds Velocity 1.2 m/s 3rd Trial it traveled 14 feet in 15.78 seconds Velocity .89 m/s This is from the nose of the mousetrap car starting at zero feet and zero seconds. car, mousetrap, newton’s, object, motion, force, feet, law, acting, velocity, traveled, seconds, 14, trial, states, second, proportional, laws, first, acceleration, time, net, m/s, apply, zero, wheels, unless, third, tap, straight, state, reaction, out, mouse, mass