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    Storm is a comic super hero that posses a superpower that allows her to control the weather and shoot lightning out of her hands. This exploration was about static electricity and how much energy it would take for someone to actually shoot a lighting bolt out of their hand.

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    Storm is a comic super hero that posses a superpower that allows her to control the weather and shoot lightning out of her hands. This exploration was about static electricity and how much energy it would take for someone to actually shoot a lighting bolt out of their hand.

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    Storm is a comic super hero that posses a superpower that allows her to control the weather and shoot lightning out of her hands. This exploration was about static electricity and how much energy it would take for someone to actually shoot a lighting bolt out of their hand.

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    ChloeR.

    11/19/15
    Hoffman/2015
    Exploration4Storm
    Stormisacomicsuperherothatpossesasuperpowerthatallowshertocontroltheweather.
    Thisalsomeansthatshecancontrollightingandshootitoutofherhands.Thisexplorationwas
    aboutstaticelectricityandhowmuchenergyitwouldtakeforsomeonetoactuallyshoota
    lightingboltoutoftheirhand.Firstoffwhatisstaticelectricity?Staticelectricityisthedischarge
    ofelectrons.Sowhenyoutouchsomethinganditshocksyoutheelectronsonthatitemare
    dischargingandthentravelingthroughyoutotheground.Whatcausesthedischargeis
    becausetheyareattractedtoyourprotons.Twochargesthatareoppositeofeachotherattract
    andbecauseprotonsdontmovetheelectronsareattractedtotheprotons.Lightingworksthe
    sameway.Theelectronsinthecloudsaredischargingintotheearth.Theelectronsare
    attractedtoalltheprotonsintheearth.Thereasonthatlightningthatcomesfromcloudsareso
    bigisbecauseoftheamountofenergytheyaremadeoff.Anaveragelightningboltismadeof
    about500,000,000Joulesofenergy.Peoplegetenergyfromeatingcaloriesandeverycalorieis
    equalto4,186Joulesofenergy.Soifwewanttomakealightingboltwewouldhavetoeat
    119,445.77calories.Onadailybasesmostpeopleonlyeatabout2700caloriessowewould
    havetoeat44.23timesthatamounttocreatealightingbolt.Thisisforonlyonelightingboltso
    imaginehowmuchfoodStormwouldhavetoeatdailytobeabletofightcrimeandcreate
    lightningbolts.

    ChallengeOption
    ByusingtheequationE=mc^2IcanfigureouthowmuchenergyIwouldproduce.Inthis
    equationEisequaltoenergy,mstandsformass,andcisthespeedoflight.SotofindenergyI
    wouldusemymassinkilogramstimesthespeedoflightsquared.
    OneequationIcoulduseisE=59.06x(3x10^8ms^1)^2.ms=meterspersecond
    E=?m=59.06(mymassinkilograms)c=3x10^8(rounded)
    1. E=59.06x(3x10^8ms^1)^2
    2. E=59.06x(9x10^16m^2s^2)
    3. E=59.06x(9x10^16)kgm^2S^2
    4. E=531.54x10^16E
    5. E=5.31540000000000000000000000orE=5.31540000E+18(E+18meaningadd18
    morezeros)
    ThesecondisE=59.06x(2.99792458)^2.
    E=?m=50.06(mymassinkilograms)c=2.99792458
    1. E=59.06x(2.99792458)^2
    2. E=59.06x8.987551790000000000000000or8.98755179E+16(E+16meaningadd16
    morezeros)
    3. E=5.30804809000000000000000000or5.30804809E+18(E+18meaningadd18more
    zeros)
    (Note:Answersornotthesamebecauseonewasroundedandtheotherwasnot)

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