Preview - Ap Physics 1 Mechanics

Coding Questions

On this page you will slightly alter the NetLogo code that produces the model and see what happens. 

 

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

Click on the bar titled "NetLogo code" to open the code tab. Look for the Newton's 2nd Law lines (they are after line 105) and the lines for air resistance in the code. Set the air resistance coefficient to 0. What should happen?  Would the mass matter when the coefficient is 0? Write your best guess and then use the model to check. If you weren't right, then describe what actually happened. 

Set the masses to two different values. Change the coefficient of air resistance back to the value -1 and record the terminal velocity for each mass. Then increase and decrease the coefficient of air resistance. What happens to the terminal velocity of the masses when the coefficient of air resistance goes up and down?

Assuming the air resistance coefficient on earth is -1, what would you expect the coefficient of air resistance to be on (1) the moon,  (2) Mars and (3) Venus? Why?

Notes

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