Egg Drop Lab
Use your notes and conversion reference sheet to answer the following
questions and complete the calculations.
1) What is the equation you would use to find the potential energy of the egg?
2) What equation would you use to find the time that the egg will fall when given a
distance?
3) The height you will drop the egg from is 17 feet, how many meters is this?
4) An average egg has a mass of 60 grams, how many kilograms is an egg?
5) Calculate the potential energy of the egg.
6) Calculate the time it will take for the egg to drop.
7) What is the kinetic energy of the egg before you drop it?
8) What is the equation for total energy?
9) Calculate the total energy of the egg before you drop it?
10) Based on the law of conservation of energy what is the total energy of the egg when it
has fallen half way to the ground?
11) Based on the law of conservation of energy what is the total energy just before the egg
hits the ground?
12) What is the potential energy of the egg just before it hits the ground?
13) Using conservation of energy what is the kinetic energy just before the egg hits the
ground?
14) What is the equation for kinetic energy with respect to mass and speed?
15) Now that you have the kinetic energy and mass of the egg, calculate the speed with
which the egg will hit the ground.
16) Verify this calculation by finding the speed with which the egg will hit the ground using
the time it will fall and acceleration from gravity.
17) Convert the speed to miles per hour to have a more familiar reference.
18) Write down the equation for momentum and calculate it for the egg just before it hits
the ground.
19) If the momentum of the egg is 0 after the collision what is the change in momentum.
20) What is the equation that relates change in momentum with force and time?
21) If the impact time of the egg with the ground is .01 seconds what is the force on the
egg?
22) Draw a picture depicting the collision of the egg with the ground labeling values like
speed, energy and momentum.