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IB Physics IA HL Examples

Experimental Investigation on the Impact of Increasing Sand Layer Thickness on the Rebound Height of a Tennis Ball

Level: 7

How do the angle of release at (15.0° , 30.0°, 45.0°,60.0° and 75.0°)± 0.5° of a simple pendulum of length (50.00± 0.05) cm and mass (50.00± 0.01) g undergoing 10 oscillations affect its frequency

Level: 6

How does the maximum detachment force required to remove a plastic disk from the water surface vary with its surface area?

Level: 5

"How does the period of oscillation of a torsion pendulum vary with mass, and how can this relationship be used to determine the torsional constant of the wire?"

Level: 5

Experimental Investigation on the Impact of Increasing Sand Layer Thickness on the Rebound Height of a Tennis Ball

How do the angle of release at (15.0° , 30.0°, 45.0°,60.0° and 75.0°)± 0.5° of a simple pendulum of length (50.00± 0.05) cm and mass (50.00± 0.01) g undergoing 10 oscillations affect its frequency

How does the maximum detachment force required to remove a plastic disk from the water surface vary with its surface area?

"How does the period of oscillation of a torsion pendulum vary with mass, and how can this relationship be used to determine the torsional constant of the wire?"

INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF GUITAR PLECTRUM THICKNESS ON THE SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL DISTRIBUTION ACROSS EIGHT HARMONICS OF THE HIGH E STRING

The relationship between the temperature of a copper wire and its resistance “How does varying the temperature of a copper wire (20.0, 30.0, 40.0, 50.0, 60.0, 70.0, 80.0 °C) impact the resistance (Ω) measured by a multimeter and a digital thermometer?”

What effect does different temperatures have on the electrical resistance of a nichrome wire, and how far do experimental departures from theoretical calculations reflect limitations in the temperature coefficient of resistance model?

Determining the effect of temperature on the refractive index of water.

How does the angle between two polarisers affect the intensity of transmitted light of an unpolarised light?

Vérification de la troisième loi de Kepler et estimation de la masse du Soleil

The relationship between the surface area-to-mass ratio and the final vertical velocity of a falling spherical object.

¿Cómo afecta la concentración de glicerina (c ± 0,01 g/g: 0,00, 0,20, 0,40, 0,60, 0,80, 1,00) en una solución acuosa al índice de refracción (n2 ± Δn2) de la solución, determinado a partir de la desviación de un rayo láser mediante la ley de Snell?

“How does increasing the wind speed produced by a fan change the acceleration of a toy car with a paper sail over a fixed 0.6 m distance?

Investigating the effect of the temperature of the air on the acoustic decay rate

The Relationship Between Amount of Sugar in Water and Amount of Splash

How does changing the frontal surface area of a car (2.00 m², 2.20 m², 2.40 m², 2.60 m², 2.80 m², 3.00 m², 3.20 m², 3.40 m²) affect the drag force it experiences (N), determined using CFD simulations on SimScale?

Investigating the Effect of Changing the Mass of Varying Blocks ( 0.040, 0.060, 0.080, 0.100, 0.120 ± 0.0001 kg) Attached to a Pulley System on the Angular Velocity of a Toy Car's Wheels Rolling Up an Incline.

Examining an Effect of Thickness of Separation Material on Inductive Power transfer Efficiency

What is the relationship between the speed of sound in air and temperature as the temperature of air varies?

What is the impact of manipulating the distance between the hair strand and the screen on the interference pattern of a single slit diffraction?

An investigation of the effects of temperature on the field strength of a permanent magnet

How is the viscosity (poise) of translucent honey dependent on its temperature (°C), as measured by the time taken for a metal ball to fall a fixed distance through it in a 10 cm3 measuring cylinder?

How does the distance z (0.10 m, 0.20 m, 0.30 m, 0.40 m, 0.50 m, 0.60 m, 0.70 m, 0.80 m) between the pivot point and the center of mass of a compound pendulum (wooden plank) affect its oscillation period T0?

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