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| + | ==== Project 2B: Building Stormchaser HQ ==== | ||
| + | Abnormal storm systems have been popping up all around the Earth. You and your team of storm chasers have been on the frontline of investigating these systems and so you receive a call from your colleagues back at home base in Lakeview. They explain that they have built their new base of operations (HQ) 2 km away from the mountains, which typically gather large clouds (on average, $m=1*10^9 kg$ and $q=-150 C$) to the west of the HQ. The Lakeview scientists have calibrated the equipment on top of HQ to deal with the electric potential from the large clouds, but they are concerned about an incoming storm system that is displaying abnormal qualities. As much as they would love to collect data on this storm, if the electric potential changes by more 20 MV due to the additional clouds, the equipment will be damaged. They have received reports that the storm system is heading toward HQ from the eastern plains (where the wind can last up to 6 hours and exert a force of 2000 N) with a mass around $m=3*10^5 kg$ and a charge between $-50 C$ and $-60 C$. (For out-of-town-ers, | ||
| + | <WRAP INFO> | ||
| + | ===Learning Goals - Project 2B:=== | ||
| + | * Understand how electric force, electric energy, electric potential, and electric field relate to one another (and be able to calculate these quantities for a system of point charges) | ||
| + | * Apply energy principles to a situation with charges (energy conservation, | ||
| + | * Apply momentum/ | ||
| + | * Think about what might change when there are multiple sources of charge in the problem | ||
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