Mas Section: 8 _Name:_Crallie Lenwsike we! Power Lab Lab Sheet BACKGROUND INFORMATION Zames Watt was a British scientist who invented the steam engine, To find out how the power of his the aoe eared! to that of a horse, Watt measured how fast an average horse could do werk rie found the answer and expressed the amount of the work performed per second nec horsepower. One horsepower is the equivalent of 746 W. Siete tals force times the distance through which the force acts. Force is expressed in Newtons (N) and sistance is expressed in meters (m). Work is expressed in newton-meters, or the arasy joules (3). The rate which work is done is called power. Power equals work divided by time. If work is in joules (3) and time Is in seconds (s), power is expressed in joules/second, or the simplification watts (W). A watt is the amount of power required to do 1 Joules of work in 1 second, about oe men Power as you need to lift an apple over your head in 1 s. OBJECTIVES MATERIALS SAFTEY * Calculate your work output when * Seale + Be careful while walking up you climb the stairs. + Stairs stairs. * Calculate your power output when "Stopwatch + Do NOT run on the stairs. you climb the stairs, + Meterstick + Do NOT misuse materials. "Practice calculating work and © Coleutiater + Handle the materials with care. power. PROCEDURE Determine your force.* 3, Measure your mass in kilograms (kg) using a scale. Record you mass in the data table, 2. Convert your mass to 2 force using Newton's 2" Law (F=ma). Multiply your mass by the acceleration due to gravity, or multiply your mass by 9.8 m/s’. Record your force four weight is the force used to calculate power because you are lifting yourself up the stairs against the force of gravity, [Space for calculations here} Mass (kg) a | fesse Force (N)* Measure the height of the stairs in meters (m). 3. Measure the height of one step in meters, Record the height, 4 Determine the number of steps you will be climbing (at least 5 but no more than 10) Multiply the number of steps you will be climbing by the height a — of one step to get the total height of the stairway. Record the total height of the stairs, Height of one step (m) 43 {Space for calctlations here) ~~ a | Number of steps II | eoeeeecr ICSE Total height of stai (im) Hen eeaha izDetermine your stair-climbing time in seconds(s).** Time 1 (s) sy | 5, With a partner, use the stopwatch to time how long a > its takes you to walk quickly up the stairs. Record ines ~ the time as accurately as possible. Repeat 2 more Mea, QoS times. CAUTION: Be careful. If you are feeling overly : exerted, do not continue. Time 3 (5) Ss 6. Switch roles and repeat #@ 5, sare eThic Ig the only part of the lab you NEED to work with a partner for; you may continue to work together, or work independently. OBSERVATIONS 1. Were the three climbing times roughly the same, or did they vary significantly? They were roughly the Same. 2. pid you feel as if you exerted the same amount of effort on each climb? Explain. The faster 4 wes TL mod Slightly more effort ANALYSIS Calculate your work and you power for each of the three climbs. (Be careful to not confuse a the abbreviation for watts, W, with the symbol Climb 1. i g for work, W.) -— 3,184.3 a 8G 2 i ee me ee Gto.3 {space for calculations here} climbs | 3,184.5 GBG.% 3je. 314 x Power (W) 2, To calculate your power in watts, divide the work done in joules by the time in seconds that It took you to climb the stairs. [Space for calculations here] Was the amount of work you did for each trial the same? Explain using evidence. Yes the number never chased: Tt wos STs. 8 eheg : 4. Was the amount of power you expended the same for each trial? Explain using evidence. No, Used the most Power In Clings 2 And the lesck In Clin I. Halas5. If you had climbed more slowly, how would the work have been affected? How would the power output have been affected? Explain your answer. The werk Would Yerran the Sowne. “There. upuld be less power becouse the loyger : lee ir Jol Wins. fig Powitr — Brnstter, g, Compa BVA Le wiIGE A PUG eg oer poten 4g 0" your horsepower, divide your Power by 746. Do you think you could keep up that power level for GIA. hours, like horses do? my overage horse power Would Be . gu] UW. we? Do dent think TL Chua! beCauser my body Wwasrrd Mode to act lite a royse. « Conclusions: 1) How does your power output in climbing the stairs compare to the Power output of a 100-watt light bulb? If your power could have been harnessed and the energy converted to electricity, how many. 100-watt bulbs could you have kept burning during your climb? used Mere Power, At least S-@ bulos would be Burned. ¢ 2) How did you calculate the amount of work done? How did you calculate the amount of power exerted? For worle “I used the tS mala we Po us Numbers GIR. OG0 EB. Ty wer Eh uisect + p= Slt T used the numbers B1GU.3 divided by ve 3) In your own words, explain the difference between work ang power? Work is force < clistance. FH AC at difterens Speeds, the work curt Stoy the So Power usill Change, Pauer ig Wort clivected by Hime 4) Imagine two people climbed to the roof of @ building, one of them old and one young. The old person walked up gentle ramp. The young person climbed up a steep spiral staircase. Which person dia more work? Explain. “Thye ter K. Moy be altered by thei uieig Nh Wei mich 8 IA the worl © Peale 7 pe Most Weely Waleed—nrereahetance dud’ to ine comp deieg less Sleep.