308 Energy Skate Park (17pts tables and 11pts questions = total 28pts)
  • Write all answers in your bound journal
  • Make it NEAT and in COMPLETE SENTENCES, clearly identify which section you are working (using numbers)
  • Box final answers if doing math.
  • -4pt if you do not title and date the entry
  • -1pt (per infraction) if you do not clearly identify the sections, or number the problems

    TO BEGIN
  • Create the following tables in your bound journal.
  • Click here to go to the energy skate park simulations.

 
3pts after activity 1 questions:
  1. Which of the skaters had the most energy?
  2. Why did this skater have the most energy?
  3. Why does the total energy line remain flat?

 
4pts after activity 2 questions:
  1. What was the effect on the skater's maximum potential energy when he was placed further down the ramp?
  2. Explain why this happened.
  3. What was the effect on the skater's maximum kinetic energy when he was placed further down the ramp?
  4. Explain why this happened. (Note: it is not because of the height)

 
4pts after activity 3 questions:
  1. Explain why the maximum potential energy of the skaters was different at each location.
  2. What are the values of gravity on Earth, on the Moon and on Jupiter?
  3. Increase the friction on the track and explain:
    A) What effect this has on the total energy of the skater?
    B) What type of energy is the friction causing the other energy to transform into?