Conclusion

We accomplished our goal, which was to better understand the collision of frozen fruit with the ground, in this experiment.  By using different types of PFM food, we could easily see how the composition of the food affected what happened after being dropped. 

The first conclusion we came to at the end of this experiment was a hollow object, such as the pepper (fig.1), breaks into small and numerous pieces.  On the other hand, a solid and tough orange (fig. 2) experienced a partial explosion; most of the orange remained in large pieces, and for the most part attached.

The second conclusion that we indirectly arrived at was that if the food was thrown at the ground, instead of dropping it down the cardboard tube, we got a much more violent collision (fig. 3).  This was especially effective when using the solid objects, because they did not break apart as easily.  If becomes even more apparent if you compare fig. 2 which was an orange that was dropped, to fig. 3, which was an orange thrown against the ground.