Lesson 7.2 Make-up Lab

DESIGNING AN ENERGY INVESTIGATION

Using the equipment listed below design a scientific method experiment to answer one of the following questions:

How does the power of the energy source (the wattage of the light bulb) affect the number of times the radiometer vane spins in a given period?

Or

How does the angle of the light source affect the way the vane in the radiometer spins?

Equipment:

Clamp lamp

Lightbulbs ( 50, 100, 150 watt)

Bookends

Radiometer

Stopwatch

ruler

Read ‘Using Eclipses To Study Solar Wind’ in your lab book.

Read ‘Our Sun’s Energy’ in your lab book and sketch, color and label the picture on page 100.