18 steps to wake up with a Rube Goldberg Machine.
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1.) The sun’s solar energy turns the potential electrical energy in the solar powered car to kinetic mechanical energy.
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2.) The car goes down a ramp, which increases the car’s kinetic energy.
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3.) The car’s kinetic energy pushes over a domino, which transfers kinetic energy to the other dominos.
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4.) Standing dominos have a high center of gravity, which helps them transfer potential energy to kinetic energy and makes all of the dominos fall.
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5.) Dominos push the hockey puck off the table with kinetic energy.
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6.) The hockey puck falls, its weight has enough kinetic energy to pull a magnetic pole from a steel ball.
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7.) The steel ball’s potential centrifugal energy transfers to kinetic centrifugal energy. The steel ball hits the dominos.
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8.) Dominos push a golf ball through a tube with kinetic energy.
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9.) The golf ball increases its kinetic energy down the ramp.
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10.) The golf ball lands on a lever.
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11.) The lever lifts the load which is a Newton’s Cradle ball.
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12.) The Newton’s Cradle ball transfers its energy to the last ball on the chain.
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13.) The Newton’s Cradle knocks over a block with kinetic energy.
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14.) The block lands in a cup, then the cup goes down, which operates a pulley.
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15.) The pulley pulls an arm up.
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16.) The arm swings down and pops the balloon.
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17.) The balloon, once popped, uses three forms of energy to wake me up: elastic, sound, and air pressure.
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18.) The balloon releases a note that says, "Wake up."
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Rube Goldberg flow chart
