What happened was my device was thrown off the roof. It was a free fall, meaning that there was no specific way that it was thrown and there was no additional forces or resistance against or towards the device. There were only two forces put upon my device. The first was gravity pushing/pulling it down to earth. My object fell rather quickly due to its weight. Weight is the effect gravity has on the mass of an object. I had a relatively big mass, meaning a relatively big weight. The more weight, the quicker the drop. The second force was air resistance ever so slightly resisting the force of gravity. Air resistance is the action of moving air out of the way, or displacing it. More air resistance equals a slower fall. There are two ways to make a greater air resistance; a parachute or a bigger device. I didn't have a part of my device that purposely created air resistance. My device was rather big but that was only to ensure that the egg survived. The potential energy was greater than my tests. I know this because the height was greater, even though the mass was the same. Potential energy transfers into kinetic energy during the fall. As i expected, when my device fell, the popcorn and straws absorbed and redirected the kinetic energy away from the egg. The shape of the pyramid ensures that no ends of the straws were directly facing the egg. This was so when stress was applied to the straws, stress shot up/down the straw. Since no ends were facing the egg, the stress sent another shockwave through the popcorn. This cycle of shock waves redirects kinetic energy from the fall away from the egg and ensures its
What happened was my device was thrown off the roof. It was a free fall, meaning that there was no specific way that it was thrown and there was no additional forces or resistance against or towards the device. There were only two forces put upon my device. The first was gravity pushing/pulling it down to earth. My object fell rather quickly due to its weight. Weight is the effect gravity has on the mass of an object. I had a relatively big mass, meaning a relatively big weight. The more weight, the quicker the drop. The second force was air resistance ever so slightly resisting the force of gravity. Air resistance is the action of moving air out of the way, or displacing it. More air resistance equals a slower fall. There are two ways to make a greater air resistance; a parachute or a bigger device. I didn't have a part of my device that purposely created air resistance. My device was rather big but that was only to ensure that the egg survived. The potential energy was greater than my tests. I know this because the height was greater, even though the mass was the same. Potential energy transfers into kinetic energy during the fall. As i expected, when my device fell, the popcorn and straws absorbed and redirected the kinetic energy away from the egg. The shape of the pyramid ensures that no ends of the straws were directly facing the egg. This was so when stress was applied to the straws, stress shot up/down the straw. Since no ends were facing the egg, the stress sent another shockwave through the popcorn. This cycle of shock waves redirects kinetic energy from the fall away from the egg and ensures its