ACTIVITY 5:

HEP HEP HOORAY!

GUIDE QUESTION
Q7. Using the turbine model, what are some
ways you can do a to lift the hanging
paper clips? Cite at least three methods
1. Using our hands to rotate the straw
2. Using a hair dryer
3. Using a grain of sand (dropping) on the
blades
Q8. For each method, what forms of energy
will be involved in the process? Trace
the transformations of energy.

The first method that we mentioned is using

our hands to rotate the blades (chemical
energy from our body) , the second one is hair
dryer (wind energy), and the third one is
dropping a grain of sand on the blade
(gravitational energy). From the energy that
we mentioned makes the turbine to store and
releases energy into kinetic/potential
energies.
Q9. In lifting the paper clips, how will you
quantify and relate the work that you will do
to the energy transformation involed?
The work in lifting the paper clips can be
quantified by equating it to the decrease of
potential energy of the falling.
Mathematically; PEgrav = mgh which means
the total mass that it took to lift and the total
height that objects have fallen causes the
rotation to be measured
Q10. If you are to investigate the relationship
between the stored water’s head of flow
(the height of the stored water above the exit
point) and the projected water’s range
(the horizontal distance), what would your
problem be?
– How does the projected water’s range
depend on the stored water’s head of
flow?
Q11. What quantities will serve as the (a)
independent variable, (b) dependent variable,
and (c) parameter?
a. Independent – head of flow
b. Dependent – range of projection
c. Parameter – head water level
Q12. What mechanical energy transformations
took place when water got projected
out of the holes?
The gravitational energy of the stored water
transformed into the kinetic energy of the
water rushing out of the openings. As the
falling water hits the turbine, some of the
kinetic energy is transferred to the rotating
turbine appearing as rotational kinetic
energy. The runoff water keeps the remaining
kinetic energy which again increases as the
water continues to fall into the container, as
gravitational potential energy further
transforms to kinetic energy.
Q13. What was the effect of the stored water’s
head of flow to its range?

The greater the stored water’s head of flow,

the longer the range of water projection.