1) Research the Problem a) When the lever is winded up and all set for release the Mousetrap Car

Energy is a major component of motion. According to the law of conservation of energy, energy can neither be created nor destroyed, so during the run of the car, energy was conserved. In order to make the car move, we had to wind the string up around the axle, propping up the lever. At that moment, the potential energy was at its highest amount. When the car was let go, the wheels were set in motion. At the end of the run, the car’s

The purpose of this laboratory experiment is to construct a mousetrap vehicle. The vehicle needed to go travel five meters. My partner and I build a mousetrap car that obtain a two-axle vehicle with four CDs making the produce optimum acceleration and travel.

We worked well, but the car stopped halfway while I was testing the car with 150g weights on the track because the weights were blocking the wheels. I solved this issue by adjusting the weights and the car never stopped while I was testing on the track. (The major problem we faced this week). We decided to put 100g weights on the car because our energy was high when I tested the car on the

We were given groups to design and make a mousetrap powered car that will roll as far as possible. This will be measured and be put into a graph. We will make three modifications to our mousetrap car over the course of the experiment. We have a variety of different materials, including plastic, wooden wheels and a dowel, screws, mousetrap, blue tack and a piece of string. Forces were acting in a negative way and a positive way on the car. Gravity was pulling the car down to the ground. Uplift was pushing up upon the car against gravity. Drag was also known as friction, holding back the car while it was moving. Thrust was in the cars favour, pushing forward against the force drag. There were also many forms of energy being used and being wasted like heat and sound energy. Potential energy was stored in the mousetrap, propelling itself forward. Kinetic energy was also demonstrated when the car started to roll.

When the mousetrap car moves down the track, the speed of the mousetrap car decreases, therefore my hypothesis was supported. At 1 second, the mousetrap car was traveling at a speed of 3.2 m/s. At 2 seconds, the mousetrap car was traveling at a speed of 2.35 m/s. At 3 seconds, the mousetrap car was traveling at a speed of 1.53 m/s. At 4 seconds, the mousetrap car was moving at a speed of 1.2 m/s. At 5 seconds, the mousetrap car was traveling at a speed of .98m/s. “A car will eventually come to a stop if just allowed to roll as the friction between the road surface and the wheels causes friction that causes the vehicle to stop,”(Examples of Rolling Friction). The evidence supports the claim because the wheels of the mousetrap car are moving

3. Explain whether, during a trip, a car’s instantaneous speed (movement of an object at a specific instant) can ever be greater than its average speed.

The aim of the experiment is to examine how the acceleration of the car differs when the angle of inclination of the ramp is amplified and to record and analyse findings.

The mousetrap car, Versace, was tested multiple times to test how far it went. When constructing the car, the group members had different ideas, but all ideas were put into the construction of the car. The car was tested with CDs as wheels and then paper plates as wheels. Each time, when testing the car, the axle gearing had different measurements and distances. The group had finally gotten the best distance on the car. The group was also able to find the kinetic energy of the boat. Then the data from the tests were used to find the efficiency of the car. Overall, the car did very well.

The device that displayed the best motion had three wheels. The reason that the device with three wheels displayed the best motion might have been due to the fact that it was the most secure out of the two. The device was much more even than the device with four wheels, holding the front tire in place and making sure it did not add more mass to one side than the other. The device with four wheels had multiple instances where the front tires would lean more to one side than the other. The average distance the three-wheeled device traveled was 888 cm while the four-wheeled device traveled 486 cm, a 402 cm difference between the averages.

b. Next we have to step on the clutch pedal and shift the car to first gear.

1. A 1.08 x 103 kg car uniformly accelerates for 12.0s from rest. During this time the car travels 132 m north. What is the net force acting on the car during this acceleration 2. A net force of 12 N is exerted on and to cause it to accelerate at a rate of 0.03 m/s2. Determine the mass of the encyclopedia. HYPERLINK http//fc.codmanacademy.org/branches/physicsofdriving2/pushingbuses.jpg INCLUDEPICTURE http//fc.codmanacademy.org/branches/physicsofdriving2/images/pagemaster/pushingbuses.jpg MERGEFORMATINET 5. 4. How much force does a 40,000kg rocket develop toaccelerate 2m/s2 5. Block 1 is 12kg and block 2 is 23kg calculate

When the spring is released, it will act as a lever that will pull the string and start spinning the axle, thus causing our car to start moving. Looking at Figure 1 we can see a design on AutoCAD of the drawing of the mousetrap car I had attempted just to get an idea of how it

The figure below depicts the motion of a mass m = 300 kg as it slides along a track, which has one smooth segment and two rough segments of kinetic friction coefficient of 0.4. If the mass was released from rest at point A on the track,

     Acceleration and Speed are obviously the two defining characteristics of a fast car. Newton’s three laws of motion are an essential part in determining how fast a

A rightward moving rider gradually becomes an upward moving rider, then a leftward moving rider, then a downward moving rider, before finally becoming a rightward-moving rider once again. There is a continuing change in the direction of the rider as he/she will moves through the clothoid loop. A change in direction is one thing of an accelerating object. The rider also changes speed. As the rider begins to climb upward the loop, he/she begins to slow down. What we talked about suggests that an increase in height results in a decrease in kinetic energy and speed and a decrease in height results in an increase in kinetic energy and speed. So the rider experiences the greatest speeds at the bottom of the loop. The change in speed as the rider moves through the loop is the second part of acceleration which the riders experiences. A rider who moves through a circular loop with a constant speed, the acceleration is centripetal and towards the center of the circle. In this case of a rider moving through a noncircular loop at non-constant speed, the acceleration of the rider has two components. There is a component which is directed towards the center of the circle (ac) and relates itself to the direction change and the other component is directed tangent (at) to the track and relates itself to the car's change in speed. This tangential component would be