In the experiment, you will determine whether adding nutrients to the soil changes the community of plants
growing there. This is done by looking at the habitat's
composition and structure. Write a scientific question that
you are answering by doing this lab. Write your question
in general terms, not in terms of specific plants.

compass can be used day and night, cloudy or sunny

initial speed when it is dropped is 150 ft/s

now at the same moment the acceleration due to gravity is perpendicular to its velocity

so as we know that

now we have centripetal acceleration a = 32 ft/s^2 as its perpendicular to velocity

while tangential acceleration at the same moment will be zero

so

now radius of curvature is given as

so the radius of curvature just after it is dropped is 703.125 ft