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Kinetic Energy Lab Report

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Speed, height, and mass do affect kinetic energy. In our lab work, we had to do multiple tests by dropping a can onto a clay ball. We wrote down our data to prove that speed, height, and mass affect kinetic energy. This is the lab data explained.

In our first lab, we had to drop different masses of cans from a height onto a 3cm clay ball and see how much it got squished. Our data consisted of dropping a 418g, 227g, 624g, and 425g can from 30cm to a clay ball. For example, with a 418g can, the ball was squished down to 2.7cm while a 227g can squished a ball down to 2.9cm. This shows that the larger mass of the can, the more the clay got squashed, so the more mass the object is, the more kinetic energy takes place.

In our second

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