Newtonian Basics
- On average, the Chandler
variety of walnut weighs between 9g and 13g
- Each tree ranges from 40' to 60'
when full grown.
- Every year, around the end of
August, walnuts begin to fall to the ground,
sometimes they get a little help as you'll see
in the next section
Calculating Potential Energy
PE(gravitational) = mgh
=
(0.011kg)(9.81m/s²)(15.24m)
= 1.65 J
- Although it may not seem like a lot of
energy, there are about 15,000 walnut per
tree! This means total, there is about 25 kJ
worth of potential energy held within a single
tree!
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