The purpose of this blog is to help grade 12 physics students with problems and concerns in their course. Students should also reflect on the day's lesson - question, think, get curious!

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Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Scribe post: may 1, 07

For Today's class:
- Circular Motion, Work and Energy Test was handed back
- Chapter Eight lab was handed back


After everyone received their work, Ms. K went over the answers for the test.

Here is the demonstration presented to the class:

Energy is used to move the rocket away from the earth. When the rocket moves an infinite distance away from the earth, the gravitational potential energy that the rocket possesses is 0.












Newtons Law of Universal Gravitation:
Fg = (GM1M2)/R2

F is proportional to R2

vector quantity

measured in Newtons

Gravitational potential energy:
Egpe = - (GM1M2)/R

E is proportional to 1/R

scalar quantity

measured in joules

After this, we did a transparency sheet, which we handed in. For the rest of the class a Gravitational fields worksheet was handed out. There were also questions on page 273 of the DUCK book... QUaCK QUaccKK!!


NExt scribe is the person who was supposed to be scribe today. =\