When an object falls through a fluid it accelerates until it reaches its terminal velocity. At this speed the forces acting on it are balanced.

My task is to investigate the factors that affect the terminal velocity of a falling object.

I am going to investigate how mass affects the terminal velocity.

I think that as the mass of the ball bearing increases so does the weight of the ball bearing, which requires more friction to balance the ball bearing’s weight thus making the terminal velocity increase.

I think that the mass of a ball bearing is directly proportional to the terminal velocity. This is because if the mass of ball bearing doubles so does the weight of the ball bearing, which requires twice as much friction to balance the ball bearing’s weight, which then doubles the terminal velocity.

The scientific knowledge to prove my prediction is that as the mass of the ball bearing increases the weight of the ball bearing is incre

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Approximate Word count = 1017
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)