Energy is part of Chapter 7 in our physics book. Work (w) - is the transformation of energy from one form to another. Energy is the ability to do damage. So to calculate energy work = force times distance. So to maximize the work you need a big force for large amounts of distance. So in the picture on the left you can see a car going uphill. The car has a pretty big force because of its mass and it also is going uphill which makes it a big distance.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Momentum
Momentum is the product of Mass and Velocity. So if you want to maximize momentum you need to have a really big mass and velocity also. You can also just increase either the mass or the velocity and it will increase the momentum. In this picture it shows people running and they are kind of skinny. If you are lightweight and you can run fast then you have a big momentum. I guess if you are a heavy guy or girl you also have a big momentum because the mass makes up for the momentum.
Newton's Second and Third Law
In this picture you can see a pretty bad car crash. Newton's second law is Force = mass multiplied by acceleration. If you have a big mass then you increase the force. You can also increase the force by increasing the acceleration also. So in this picture you can see that they are two pretty big cars, the black car on the left hand side looks a little more normal than the other maroon hitchback. It is probably because the black SUV has more mass and that increases its force. If you increase mass and acceleration then you will have a really big force.
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