STUDENT REPORT

Name: Date Performed:

Section: Date Submitted:

Experiment on Law of Conservation of Energy and

Collision and Momentum

Analysis of Data:

A. Law of Conservation of Energy: Pendulum

Consider the values that you got from the Experiment.

1. Explain why Potential Energy (PE) of the object is zero at point B (lowest point).

2. Explain why Kinetic Energy (PE) of the object is zero at point A (before you release the object)
and at point C (the maximum height that the object reached as it swings to the left.

3. What is PE at A? __________
What is PE at B? ___________
Compare the PE at Point A with the PE at Point B. Do they have the same value? Yes or No?
__________________ What do you think is the reason why they have the same or different
value? Explain.

4. What is KE at point B? ___________

Is it the same as the PE at point A? Yes or No?_____________ What do you think is the reason
why they have the same or different value?

5. State the Law of Conservation of Energy and correlate that with your findings in the experiment.
B. Law of Conservation of Momentum

Before
Collision

During
Collision
After
Collision

1. As observed in the experiment, what type of collision happened between Marble 1 and Marble
2? ____________________

2. From your group data,

a. compute for the total momentum before collision.
Total Momentum = Momentum of Marble 1 + Momentum of Marble 2.

b. compute for the total momentum after collision. Use the same formula on a.

c. In 2a and 2b, compare the total momentum before and after collision. Are they the same?
Yes or No? __________. Why are they the same or not the same? ___________

d. Compute for the total KE before collision.

Total KE = KE of Marble 1 + KE of Marble 2.

e. Compute for the total KE after collision.

f. In 2d and 2e, compare the total KE before and after collision. Are they the same? Yes or No?
__________. Why are they the same or not the same? _________

3. State the Law of Conservation of Momentum and correlate that with your findings in the
experiment.

C. CONCLUSION: