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Name _________________________________________________________Date:
Period:
Operation Egg Drop Final Worksheet
Mass of your vehicle AND egg: _______ grams / 1000 = ______________ kg
Egg Drop Scoring Chart (use scrap paper for calculations if needed)
Name of Student(s)
Damage
Time (s) Mass (kg)
Total Force on Vehicle (N)
Score (1-10)
1. Sample
6
0.56s
0.166kg
F=ma (0.166kg x 1.86m/s2)
F=0.31N
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Questions
1. The mass of your egg and vehicle was ___________ g. In kilograms, that is ____________ kg.
2. The TIME it took for your craft to hit the ground was __________ seconds.
3. The DISTANCE your craft traveled was
2.8
meters.
4. If Speed = Distance  Time (S=d/t), what was the average speed of your craft? ___________ m/s. Use
answers from #2 and #3 to solve
5. The max speed of your vehicle is double the average, so the top speed of your craft was:
2  (answer to number 4) = _________ m/s
6. To find the rate of acceleration of your craft, use the acceleration formula below. Your FINAL
VELOCITY = answer to #5 and INITIAL VELOCITY = 0m/s2 . TIME is the answer to #2
Acceleration = Final Velocity – Initial Velocity
Time
Acceleration = __________ m/s2
7. To find the force your craft hit the ground with, you will use Newton’s 2nd law, which says that Force
= mass x acceleration (F=ma). MASS = answer to #1, ACCELERATION = answer to #6. Calculate the
total force that your craft hit the ground with in Newtons.
F=ma
F=
x
Force = ____________ Newtons
8. Did your egg break? _____________________
a. If your egg broke, write one complete sentence to explain why. Your sentence must include
the words force and acceleration.
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9. Mastery Check
WRITE a 1 paragraph describing how the drop demonstrated Newton’s Laws. Use another sheet of
paper and attach if needed.
a. Sentence 1: Introduction sentence telling if your egg survived or not and why (see question
8)
b. Sentence 2: Explain how Newton’s First Law (Inertia) applied to what you saw.
c. Sentence 3: Explain how Newton’s 2nd law (F=MA) applied to what you saw. (you calculated
force using this equation!)
d. Sentence 4: Explain how Newton’s 3rd Law (Equal and opposite reaction) applied to what you
saw.
e. Sentence 5: Conclusion sentence telling what you would do differently if you could do this
again to be more successful.
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