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Exploring Potential and Kinetic Energy: Penny Drop Experiment

Discover the impact of kinetic and potential energy by calculating the energy of a penny at the Empire State Building. Explore various objects displaying potential or kinetic energy in daily life.

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Exploring Potential and Kinetic Energy: Penny Drop Experiment

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  1. Kinetic and Potential Energy can you kill someone by dropping a penny off of the empire state building?

  2. Potential energy = mgh • Calculate the potentialenergy (PE) of a 2.5 gram penny perched 390 meters up on the ledge of the Empire State Building.

  3. Kinetic energy = .5mv2 • Calculate the kineticenergy (KE) of a 2.5 gram penny falling at terminal velocity (29 m/sec).

  4. Are These Potential or Kinetic (or both)? You tell me! • 1. pile of coal that will be used for fuel • 2. flag blowing in the wind • 3. shoebox stored on top of closet shelf • 4. unlit firecracker • 5. hammer held above nail • 6. rolling marble • 7. swinging pendulum • 8. glucose stored in a plant • 9. bouncing on a trampoline

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