We rolled balls down ramps of different heights and measured how far they traveled. Balls rolled farther down steeper ramps and solid balls rolled farther than hollow balls, showing that greater potential energy from height and mass results in more kinetic energy and motion. Energy transformed between potential and kinetic as balls rolled, and energy transferred between objects when balls collided with surfaces, but did not change form. Kinetic energy of motion is different from random heat energy of particles vibrating inside objects.
We rolled balls down ramps of different heights and measured how far they traveled. Balls rolled farther down steeper ramps and solid balls rolled farther than hollow balls, showing that greater potential energy from height and mass results in more kinetic energy and motion. Energy transformed between potential and kinetic as balls rolled, and energy transferred between objects when balls collided with surfaces, but did not change form. Kinetic energy of motion is different from random heat energy of particles vibrating inside objects.
We rolled balls down ramps of different heights and measured how far they traveled. Balls rolled farther down steeper ramps and solid balls rolled farther than hollow balls, showing that greater potential energy from height and mass results in more kinetic energy and motion. Energy transformed between potential and kinetic as balls rolled, and energy transferred between objects when balls collided with surfaces, but did not change form. Kinetic energy of motion is different from random heat energy of particles vibrating inside objects.
We rolled balls down ramps of different heights and measured how far they traveled. Balls rolled farther down steeper ramps and solid balls rolled farther than hollow balls, showing that greater potential energy from height and mass results in more kinetic energy and motion. Energy transformed between potential and kinetic as balls rolled, and energy transferred between objects when balls collided with surfaces, but did not change form. Kinetic energy of motion is different from random heat energy of particles vibrating inside objects.
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Summary of Investigation
In your journal, write a concise summary of this investigation. Be sure
to address the following questions and use your data to support your responses. Give a brief description of the lab procedure. Tell the results of your experiment. Make sure you discuss KE and GPE, and use data to support your responses. o Compare speed to the distance the cup traveled. o Compare the ramp height to the distance the cup traveled. o Compare the solid ball to the hollow ball. What are the differences between the energy of motion (kinetic energy), stored energy (potential energy) and how does energy transformation connect these two energy forms? How is energy transfer different from energy transformation, and what examples are there of energy transfer in this activity?
What are the differences between the kinetic energy of an object and the random kinetic energy of the particles that make up the object (heat energy)?