... has a flat side the air resistant will be larger, then for example a sphere, which will decrease the speed of the object. In my experiment I will be using the same golf ball for each of the tests. The angle at which I drop the object will also affect the size of the crater. To make it a fair test I will have to drop the object from the same angle ever time. I will drop the ball from 90 degrees above the surface of the sand, this will create a crater which is nearly even, meaning that the radius from the centre to the outside edge of the crater would be the same length. If the golf ball was dropped from a shallower angle then the crater would be longer, but the diameter of the crater would stay the same, as if the golf ball had been dropped from ...

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