Measurement uncertainties experiment acceleration?

At home I have to drop six equal-sized pieces of play dough (balls) from different heights and then measure the time (with my cell phone) until the play dough reaches the ground. But unfortunately I'm having trouble finding measurement uncertainties. I have to find three. I could start with air resistance. It hinders the acceleration of the play dough. Maybe I could say that the cell phone doesn't record the time directly. (I.e. if I measure the exact time until the play dough touches the ground, but when I press the cell phone it takes a certain amount of time for the signal to be received and executed) I don't know if that counts as measurement uncertainty, which is why I'm asking you about other measurement uncertainties.

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Nobbe54
1 year ago

The greatest measurement uncertainty is your reaction time. Do more ambitious tests with the same height and compare the results.

Viktor1
1 year ago

Measuring the time with the phone doesn’t bring anything. At the low drop height, the times to be compared are far too short in relation to the susceptibility to error in this “experiment”. You could be highest, e.g. 10 attempts to start each case and calculate the mean value. That’s not what it is. How big is your lowest drop height?