UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
GENERAL PHYSICS 1 1st Quarter, AY 2017-2018
GROUP NUMBER: ___
SECTION: _______
MEMBERS
DATE PERFORMED: ________________ DATE SUBMITTED: ________________
Performance Grade (Individual)
Group Criteria
Group Grade
Laboratory Report Format Punctuality TOTAL Group Grade
LABORATORY ACTIVITY 1 Errors, Uncertainties and Measurements DATA AND OBSERVATIONS: A. Sphere Diameter Trials
Foot ruler
Diameter of Sphere Vernier caliper Micrometer caliper
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mean Diameter COMPUTATION
Computation for Average Deviation
̅ Δ𝒙
=
=
=
=
=
=
Computation for Mean Average Deviation
AD
B. Sphere Density
Trials 1 2 3 Average = Mass (g) =
Density of Sphere Circumference
= COMPUTATION
Computation for volume
V (cm3) =
Computation for density
Density (g/cm3) = Computation for %Error
%E =
Diameter
ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION: 1. Give some advantages and disadvantages of using the foot ruler, vernier caliper and the micrometer caliper in measuring the diameter of a sphere. 2. Which of the measuring devices used can give the most accurate measurement?
Why?
3. What are the possible sources of experimental errors in this experiment?