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184_projects:meanwhile_at_hq_24 [2024/01/09 14:19] – [Kick Off Questions] dmcpadden | 184_projects:meanwhile_at_hq_24 [2024/01/09 14:29] – [Wrap Up Questions] dmcpadden | ||
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- What is the difference between a separation vector ($\vec{r}$) and a separation //unit// vector ($\hat{r}$)? | - What is the difference between a separation vector ($\vec{r}$) and a separation //unit// vector ($\hat{r}$)? | ||
- What should the E-field look like on the ground for a positive storm cloud? What about a negative cloud? | - What should the E-field look like on the ground for a positive storm cloud? What about a negative cloud? | ||
+ | - Read through the main question and look at the given code block. Read through the code line-by-line as a group and write out in plain English words (or pseudocode) what each line does. For example "Line 3 - makes a cloud as a white sphere" | ||
==== Main Problem ==== | ==== Main Problem ==== | ||
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==== Wrap Up Questions ==== | ==== Wrap Up Questions ==== | ||
- | - How do you know if your code is working right? | + | - How do you know if your code is working right? (Write these in your evaluation quadrant!) |
- | - What happens to your arrows if you change different parameters in the code? (e.g. cloud height, cloud charge, etc.) | + | - What does the while loop do in Step 2? How do you know what should be inside the loop vs outside the loop? |
+ | - What happens to your arrows if you change different parameters in the code? Try it out! (e.g. cloud height, cloud charge, etc.) | ||
- How big is the E-field below the cloud? Is that large/ | - How big is the E-field below the cloud? Is that large/ | ||
- What direction does the separation vector point? What about the E-field? | - What direction does the separation vector point? What about the E-field? | ||
- What assumptions did you need to make to simplify this problem? | - What assumptions did you need to make to simplify this problem? |