Kinetic Energy Lab Info
When the mass of the bottle is 0.125 kg, the KE is 1kg m2/s2.
When the mass of the bottle is 0.250 kg, the KE is 2kg m2/s2.
When the mass of the bottle is 0.375 kg, the KE is 3kg m2/s2.
When the mass of the bottle is 0.500 kg, the KE is 4kg m2/s2.
When the mass of the bottle is 0.125 kg, the average maximum height of the beanbag is 0.35m.
When the mass of the bottle is 0.250 kg, the average maximum height of the beanbag is 0.91m.
When the mass of the bottle is 0.375 kg, the average maximum height of the beanbag is 1.26m.
When the mass of the bottle is 0.500 kg, the average maximum height of the beanbag is 1.57m.
Make an observation about the average height of the beanbag for each mass dropped. How does it compare with your calculated kinetic energies for each mass? When the bottle has more mass, does the beanbag seem to travel to greater heights? Record your general observations in Table A.
When the speed of the bottle is 2 m/s, the KE is 0.5kg m2/s2.
When the speed of the bottle is 3 m/s, the KE is 1kg m2/s2.
When the speed of the bottle is 4 m/s, the KE is 2kg m2/s2.
When the speed of the bottle is 5 m/s, the KE is 3kg m2/s2.
When the speed of the bottle is 6 m/s, the KE is 5kg m2/s2[unique_solution]
To achieve a speed of 2 m/s, the bottle must be dropped at 0.20m.
To achieve a speed of 3 m/s, the bottle must be dropped at 0.46m.
To achieve a speed of 4 m/s, the bottle must be dropped at 0.82m.
To achieve a speed of 5 m/s, the bottle must be dropped at 1.28m.
To achieve a speed of 6 m/s, the bottle must be dropped at 1.84m.
When the speed of the bottle is 2 m/s, the average maximum height of the beanbag is 0.10m.
When the speed of the bottle is 3 m/s, the average maximum height of the beanbag is 0.43m.
When the speed of the bottle is 4 m/s, the average maximum height of the beanbag is 0.87m.
When the speed of the bottle is 5 m/s, the average maximum height of the beanbag is 1.25m.
When the speed of the bottle is 6 m/s, the average maximum height of the beanbag is 1.86m.
Make an observation about the average height of the beanbag. How does it compare with your calculated kinetic energies for each speed? Does the height of the beanbag increase in equal increments with each step up in speed? Record these qualitative observations in Table B.