Energy | 1/28/19-2/1/19


Summary:

       Kinetic energy is energy an object has due to its motion. Potential energy is energy that is stored and waiting to be used later. Three types of potential energy are gravitational potential energy, elastic potential energy, and chemical potential energy. Gravitational potential energy is potential energy due to an object's position. Elastic potential energy is potential energy due to compression or expansion of an elastic object. Lastly, chemical potential energy is potential energy stored within the chemical bonds of an object. The formula for finding 0.5(mass x speed2). The formula for finding gravitational potential energy is mass x height x gravity. Both potential and kinetic however are scalar quantities meaning that they do not have direction. Both also are measured with same metric unit, this unit is known as Joules.
One of the Charts From the Simulation that I Computed

S&EP 5-Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking:

       I used mathematics and computational thinking when using simulations and when conducting an experiment. I used math to find distances traveled, averages, kinetic energy, and potential energy. I also used mathematics to answer questions based on my findings that came from computing numbers. For example, in one simulation that had to due with kinetic energy, I launched an object from a catapult. The object's mass was 7500 kg and its speed was 10 m/s. This ended up resulting in a kinetic energy of 3800 Joules (I also had to convert the 3800 from scientific notation). I then changed certain variables such as the mass of the object and/or the speed and computed the results with those as well.

XCC-Cause and Effect:

       The cause and effect relationship that I identified this week has to do with kinetic energy. More specifically mass and/or speed along with energy output. The cause being mass and/or speed with the effect being energy output. I identified this relationship when computing math during a simulation. During this simulation I came to the conclusion that the the greater the mass, the greater the energy output and the greater the speed, the greater the energy output. Similarly, the smaller the mass, the smaller the energy output and the smaller the speed, the smaller the energy output. In closing, the cause and effect relationship I identified this week has to do with kinetic energy where the amount of mass and/or speed affects the energy output.



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