When a ball is dropped/ thrown to the ground‚ gravity forces the ball to move downwards‚ whilst the ball falls down‚ the Gravitational Potential Energy (GPE) that the ball has transforms into Kinetic energy. As the ball hits the ground with maximum Kinetic energy‚ the forces in play flatten and deform the frame/shape of the ball by compressing and dispersing the molecules that essentially make up the ball. As stated in the law of conservation energy‚ energy can neither be created nor destroyed; rather
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Kaitlin Green Professor Jamie Gallagher English 106 Essay #1- Short Stories February 1‚ 2013 The Pit and the Pendulum One significant aspect of Edgar Allan Poe’s style is his consistent use of detailed description. He uses this tendency to great effect in his short story “The Pit and the Pendulum.” The plan for the story is very simply to create an obscure atmosphere of apprehension and anticipatory horror. Poe achieves this by minutely tracking the path of the narrator’s thoughts and experiences
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In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum‚” a nameless narrator is trapped in a prison awaiting for his fate. He ultimately finds himself being put to death by a swinging pendulum‚ and narrowly escapes. In Poe’s story‚ he many gothic elements in this narrative such as‚ a frantic narrator‚ visions about a dream-like state‚ a setting that creates an atmosphere of suspense‚ and finally the use of time to illustrate the horror of death. Poe employs these elements by the use of his playbook‚ which
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Basketball is better than Football. The clock runs down and there’s the point guard with the ball dribbling up the court there’s 10 minutes left on the board and he’s stalling then out of now here he passes to the shooting guard 5-4-3-2-1 and he shoots swoosh the ball goes in and they win but one critic in the audience says football is better than basketball. To me basketball is better than football personally because I play it but I’m going to list how it is a "better" sport For me basketball
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Notes Use the space below to take notes as you complete the experiment. You will need your notes to study for tests. Background Think about different materials that are used to make sports balls. Why don’t we use just one type of material for tennis balls‚ baseballs‚ and golf balls? Since each ball must behave differently in play‚ the material making up each one must be different‚ too. In this experiment‚ you will characterize how different materials behave when they are dropped. You will
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Physical Education Lesson Plan By: Amanda Kertesz Skill: Forward straddle roll Suggested Grade Levels: 3-5 Purpose of Activity: The forward roll has a tremendous number of applications outside of the gym. In a forward fall most people will sprawl. Practicing and getting completely comfortable with a forward roll will change this reaction. In a forward fall rolling out will greatly reduce impact and allow for a continuation of movement getting you to your feet with little or no interruption
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In the “Pit in the Pendulum “ by Edgar Allan Poe the ere setting‚ vivid gripping imagery ‚ and vigurative language creates the mood of tension. Through the use of a bleak setting Poe stirs up the mood of suspense. When examining the cell for the first time the narrator describes it as "the entire surface of this metallic enclosure was rudely daubed in all the hideous and repulsive devices to which the ... superstitions of the monks have given rise"(Poe 567). Examining the area the narrator is trapped
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football is being played on big grounds with large audience as spectators. There is also differences in gameplay as in football‚ player their whole body and in basketball hands are used instead of full body. In basketball player need to bouce and pass the ball to other player by using their hands only. Names of positions are also different in both games. In football we have striker‚ midfielder‚ defenses and goal keeper. In basketball we have Pillars‚ wings‚ and frontier. Another major difference between
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for Super Bowl 50. “I’ve got the Panthers!” I declared as the ball left my hands into the Hurricane like winds that blew my messy‚ way too long‚ dark brown hair into a huge mess. The ball didn’t come down for a while. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. Finally the ball plops down into the hoop like a golf ball into a hole. “I’ve got the Broncos!” my friend Ashton screamed to the camera through the wind. He throws the ball with all of his might‚ a perfect swish into the hoop. “Yes I made
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involves locating the point on the edge of a circular billiard table at which a cue ball at a given point must be aimed in order to carom (bounce) once off the edge and strike another ball at a second given point.4 The focus question of this extended essay will be: Heinrich Dörrie also described the problem as “find in a given circle an isosceles On a circular billiards table there are two balls; at what point along the circumference must one be aimed at in order for it to strike
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