how does the blanket toss (where natives up north gather in a circle and they lift someone high up in a blanket....ok that didn't make sense...its kind of like a trampoline if that helps...) but how does the blanket toss show an energy tranformation?
2006-11-29 01:53:16 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Kinetic energy is transformed in to potential energy of gravitation (how high). Then the stored energy is transformed back to kinetic energy while the person returns to the blanket.
2006-11-29 04:32:32 · answer #1 · answered by TheT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people holding the blanket pull horizontally away from the center of the (sagging under the weight) blanket. The result is vertical motion of the weight. The elasticity of the blanket contributes a little, but not much.
2006-11-29 10:05:06 · answer #2 · answered by Philo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋