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    Hypothesis About Bouncy

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    bouncier. This is important to know this because if you add too much or too less you will not have a real bouncy ball . There are three main thing we have to remember while doing this project. I will be mentioning three thing in my S.A.:Materials, Momentum, and Velocity. To make the bouncy ball bouncy it will need the right Materials. This is important because the bouncy ball will not be a bouncy ball it would just be a ball. The two main ingredients for this project are Borax and White Elmers…

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    football will follow a parabolic direction after a kick or throw. You won’t know that you’re using physics because it comes naturally. When blocking and tackling, torque and center of mass are being used. When a runner and tackler meets, impulse and momentum are being used when they collide. There is so much more physics being done while playing football. Throwing or kicking a football is important to physics. While the football is in the air, it follows a parabolic direction. It does that…

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    of the physics shown all throughout the sport. There are stunts, tumbling, and jumps. Cheerleading is a sport that involves all these tasks and much more. Cheerleading consists of many concepts of physics, such as Gravity, Newton Laws of Motion, momentum, torque, potential and kinetic energy, velocity, force, gravitational acceleration, free fall. I will explain the definitions of each concept, so readers will be able to get real meaning as to why these concepts consist of cheer leading.…

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    Angular momentum is referring to when a gymnast leaves the springboard and/or vault table and it is one of their very few chances to use their momentum and velocity to their advantage. This is related to the obvious fact that more air time allows the gymnast to have more time to rotate. The gymnast tucks into a ball in order to increase velocity, this works because angular momentum and the mass of the gymnast are both constants, therefore leading…

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    This means that Fnet is equal to the change in momentum over the change in time and that momentum is equal to mass multiplied by velocity. From this information, we can derive the formula for the conservation principle: m1v1i+m2v2i=m1v1f+m2v2f. Also, we can say that the collision was inelastic because we can assume the bolt…

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    Physics Of Soccer Essay

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    Ava Lilienthal Science Barcus 7-4 The Physics Behind Soccer Soccer really has a lot to do with science. From Newton’s laws of motion to the momentum of the person kicking the ball, the drag force and the magnus effect, and even the air pressure in the ball. It is harder than most people think. Next time you watch a soccer game, or play a soccer game, think about the science in the game. First, Newton’s Law’s are present when the ball is kicked. His first law, an object at rest stays at rest…

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    Mcgowen and Palazzolo (2014, 436-437) define momentum as a, “…a function of success in the previous primary … multiplied by whether the candidate met, exceeded, or fell short of the expectations in the previous primary...” Essentially momentum means doing better than expected, and this method of quantifying momentum allows us to discuss this abstract idea with a continuous number, that also takes into consideration the relative…

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    Crumple Zones

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    velocity of the driver. In addition to decreasing the velocity of the driver, it also lengthens the stopping distance a passenger travels before impacting on another car or some other hard surface. Crumple zones were not invented until nineteen-fifty-three after automobile designers saw that cars were rigid bodies causing most of the force transferred to the occupants rather than being absorbed by the car. This led to many fatal accidents (Raiciu, Tudor). Isaac Newton first and second law can…

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    million people are injured or disabled. While seatbelts and other safety equipment plays a vital role in a car crash, momentum and velocity does too. Momentum, measured in mass x velocity, describes a large amount force that is created when an object has a large mass and/or high speed. For example, a car with greater momentum would be harder to stop than a small car. This is as, the momentum would be greater in the larger car. A collision describes the process in which two or more objects exert…

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    Richard Foley TAD 275 Exam 1 9/26/14 Energy and Power Technology Exam 1 Instructions: Each entry should be neatly written/typed and numbered to match the appropriate item. All responses to questions should be specific. Avoid using generalizations regarding terminology. Please do not assume anything. Clearly illustrated images are permitted to aid in communication of proposed answers, but these drawings are not to be submitted in place of the required written descriptions. Any information…

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