NST1502 Assignment 3 ANSWERS 2025 Due 12 August 2025 (Learnlib)

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NST1502 ASSIGNMENT 3 2025 | DUE: 12 AUGUST 2025

Question 1

Define the scientific terms below.

1.1 Potential Energy
Potential energy is energy that is stored in an object or system. It includes types like gravitational, elastic, and chemical potential energy. For example, a stretched elastic band stores elastic energy, while food and batteries store chemical energy.

📘 (NST1502, Learning Unit 3.2.2.1)

1.2 Constellations

Constellations are groups of stars that form patterns in the night sky. Ancient cultures, including Africans, used them for stories, myths, navigation, and farming calendars.

📘 (NST1502, Learning Unit 2: The Constellations)

1.3 Telescope
A telescope is a tool that helps us see distant objects in the sky. Galileo used the first telescope in 1609 to observe the Moon, Jupiter’s moons, and sunspots, proving that ………….