As food waste and other compostable items decompose in landfills, methane is released into the air. If this type of landfill waste increases, the amount of methane in the atmosphere will increase. What would happen to the total
amount of energy in the Earth system and to global average temperature if methane in the atmosphere increases? If
there is a change, explain how that change would happen.

your answer would be a. 12.5 kg

first let us lay out the formula for potential

and kinetic energy:

pe = mgh

ke = (mv^2)/2

where: m=mass, v=velocity, g=gravitational

acceleration, h=height

calculating for mass using the known values of

pe:

340j = m (9.81 m/s^2) (50ft) (1m/3.28ft)

m = 2.27 kg

the law of conservation of energy states that

energy is neither created nor destroyed. therefore, the change in kinetic

energy from 50 ft to 35 ft would be equal to the change in potential energy

from 50 ft to 35 ft. however it would be opposite in signs since one is losing

while other is gaining.

ke(35ft) – ke(50ft) = - [ pe(35ft) – pe(50ft]

ke(50ft) = 0 since the brick is initially at rest

ke(35ft) = 340j - 2.27kg (9.81 m/s^2) (35ft)

(1m/3.28 ft)

ke(35ft)

= 102.38 j

d.) the average kinetic energy of the gas particles is greater in container b because its particles move faster.