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Egg drop

Link between potential gravitational energy and kinetic energy

Formula for kinetic energy

Ek = mv2

* m * v2

M= Mass of the object

V = Velocity of the object

Formula for gravitational energy

EP = mgh

If the mass has units of kilograms and the velocity of meters per second, the kinetic energy has unit
of kilograms-meters squared per second squared.

m = 12kg

h = 18m

g = 9.8 n

EGP = 12*9.8*18

EGP= 1226.8

Joules are units of energy

EGP = EK

mgh = mv2

mv2 = mgh

mv2 = 2mgh

v2 = 2gh

v = (square root)2gh

v = (square root)2*9.8*18
v = 18.78m2/s2

Terminal velocity

An object cant move faster because the pressure is the same both ways

Air resistance stops it

Shape (smaller falls faster)

Mass does not play a part in calculating velocity

Gravitational energy turns into kinetic energy. If a person runs of a cliff they are building up potential
gravitational energy and when they jump, that is the maximum gravitation energy (EP = mgh). As the
person starts to fall, the gravitational energy turns into kinetic energy as they fall, when the person
hits the ground, that is maximum kinetic energy (Ek = mv2). The way the energy works is the same
with all things. While an object is falling, the speed that it is falling at stays the same because

Homework

Parachutes
(5-10 points and cite websites)

Parachutes are designed to reduce your terminal velocity by about 90 percent so you hit the
ground at a relatively low speed (http://www.explainthatstuff.com/how-parachutes-
work.html)
If you fall from a plane without a parachute, your relatively compact body zooms through
the air like a stone; open your parachute and you create more air resistance, drifting to the
ground more slowly and safelymuch more like a feather.
(http://www.explainthatstuff.com/how-parachutes-work.html)
Trapped air creates a push upwards that works against the gravity. This slows down the
parachute and whatever is tied to it. (http://kinooze.com/how-does-a-parachute-work/)
Parachutes are similar to a situation where you are putting a lot of force to run fast in the
forward direction and somebody comes and starts pulling your hand backwards.
(http://kinooze.com/how-does-a-parachute-work/)
Artist Leonardo da Vinci drew first ever sophisticated design of a parachute. He drew a cloth-
covered wooden frame in the shape of a pyramid and it had a man hanging
underneath. Many years later a Frenchman Louis-Sbastien Lenormand implemented
modern parachutes. In 1783, he made the first successful jump. (http://kinooze.com/how-
does-a-parachute-work/)