Mouse Trap Car - Tromp, Kinney, Tatar by Linsey Ta https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d Car Powered By A MouseTrap en-us 2018-03-08 19:05:37 UTC 2025-08-08 01:42:08 UTC hello@padlet.com Mouse Trap Car Lab lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239874937 By Molly Tromp, Hana Kinney, and Linsey Tatar]]> 2018-03-08 19:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239874937 1. a. How could you calculate the amount of work you do as you set the spring on your car? Describe the process and give the equation you would use. lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239879537 Work = Force x Distance. ]]> 2018-03-08 19:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239879537 b. If the average amount of force needed to set the spring was 10 N, and the circumference of 1/4 of a turn of the mousetrap was 0.10m, how much work did you do? lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239880328 One Joule because the work done is equal to the potential energy stored. ]]> 2018-03-08 19:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239880328 c. How could you determine the amount of energy stored in the spring? lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239881082 Potential Energy = Mass x Gravity x Height ]]> 2018-03-08 19:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239881082 d. If your mousetrap car had a mass of 0.25 Kg, and all of the energy stored in the spring was converted to kinetic energy how fast would it go? Show the equation you would use, then find the speed of the car. lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239881379 Velocity = 2KE / Mass (Square root) = 8 m/s]]> 2018-03-08 19:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239881379 e. We know that in a friction free enviornment, if this car was to drive up a ramp. all of the kinetic energy it had would be converted into potential energy. How high up a ramp would your car go if it encountered this ramp. lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239991219 h= 1/ 0.25 x 10 = 0.4 ms]]> 2018-03-09 02:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239991219 2. What did you do to make sure that your car travelled in a straight line? lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239991453 We tried our best to make our car, go in a straight line by directing the wheels all in the same position. Our duck tape holding the wheels could have been stronger. If we could do this lab over again, I would use a different technique to make the wheels steadier. ]]> 2018-03-09 02:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239991453 3. How does the ratio of the diameter of the wheel and axel affect the distance your car goes? lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239991607 For the most efficient mouse trap car with our, design, we wanted our wheels to be big, but not too huge that the mass would bring our cars distance down. ]]> 2018-03-09 02:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239991607 4. How did you minimize friction in your car? lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239991839 We needed to make sure that nothing was interfering with the axels, wheels, and lever to have an almost perfect non-friction car. ]]> 2018-03-09 02:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239991839 5. Did your car achieve the maximum speed calculated in question 1? lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239992026 No. ]]> 2018-03-09 02:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239992026 6. If your car did not achieve the maximum speed calculated in question 1d, hypothesize where that energy went. lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239992235 The energy most likely went with friction; Turning into heat or sound. Even with trying to make our car almost friction free. ]]> 2018-03-09 02:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239992235 Video lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239995712 2018-03-09 02:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239995712 Pictures Of Car lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239996130 2018-03-09 02:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239996130 Pictures Of Car (Part 2) lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239996602 2018-03-09 02:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239996602 lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239996879 2018-03-09 02:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/239996879 lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/240335937 2018-03-09 19:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/240335937 lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/240336071 2018-03-09 19:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/240336071 lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/240336210 2018-03-09 19:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/240336210 lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/240336381 2018-03-09 19:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/240336381 lt20086 https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/240339905 2018-03-09 19:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/nowezcc5tv9d/wish/240339905