Gizmo: Crumple Zones: Week 10 Online Lab -ALL ANSWERS CORRECT-GRADED A

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Explore Learning Gizmo: Crumple Zones For this assignment, you'll use a Gizmo at the Explore Learning web site. Before you begin:  You may want to print this document so that you can note observ... ations as you work with the gizmo. Later, you can type your answers into the Word document and upload it with this assignment form.  All questions to answer are contained in this document. You don’t need to answer any questions at the Explore Learning site.  This lab has a Prior Knowledge piece, a Warm-Up piece, and Activity A, B, and C.  You must answer in a different colored font (-1 point) FINDING THE GIZMO Follow these steps to find the Gizmo:  Go to the Explore Learning website: http://www.explorelearning.com/.  If you have not yet enrolled in the class -- In the upper right hand corner, click on Enroll in a Class.  The class code you need is 6FZRUV6SEM (note - these are all capital letters).  Click on Continue.  If you have used the Explore Learning site before you should be able to log in using your MNOHS username and password (for example, mnohs10ajones / piano227). If you have never used Explore Learning before, you’ll need to register using your MNOHS username and password with the class code. In other words, the class code is only needed once!  Once inside the Physics course, look for the Gizmo called Crumple Zones and click on Launch Gizmo. Answer all questions below in this Word document. When you are ready, upload the document to your assignment file. T Vocabulary: acceleration, airbag, collision avoidance system, crash test dummy, crumple zone, force, kinetic energy, Newton’s laws of motion, safety cell, seat belt, work, work-energy theorem Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) Two burglars run down an alley at night, trying to escape the cops. Jack is carrying a rigid metal safe. Jill is carrying an armful of antique quilts. In the pitch dark, they both collide headlong into a concrete wall. 1. Who do you think will be hurt more in the collision, and why? Jack carrying a rigid metal safe will be more hurt, because of impact the safe against the concrete wall will hurt more than quilts hitting the wall. 2. During a car crash, what features of the car might act like either Jack’s safe or Jill’s quilts? During a car crash, the impact of the metal cage of the car will act like Jack’s safe an Jill’s quilts will act like the airbags of the car because they both would relieve pressure and impact [Show More]

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