What is Motion?Motion: A change in position of an
object compared to a reference point
Motion involves all of the following:
What is Motion?
SpeedThe rate of change in position
Speed = distance ÷ time or
= distance time
What is Motion?
VelocitySpeed plus direction
Example: 50 km/hour north
What is Motion?
AccelerationThe rate of change in velocityPositive acceleration = speeding up
Negative acceleration = slowing down (decelerate)
Acceleration = Vfinal – Vinitial
Timeor = ∆Velocity
Time
Motion Questions
1) What units are used to measure speed?
2) What units are used to measure acceleration?
3) What is another way to say “slowing down” in terms of acceleration?
Answer this in the “In” for Forces
• Name 3 forces off the top of your head.
FORCE = Any push or pull which causes something to move or change its speed or direction
What is a Force?
Forces can be BALANCED or UNBALANCED
Balanced forces are equal in size and opposite in direction
What is a Force?
Net Force = 0.
Balanced forces result in no movement.
Arrow thickness is equal.
Forces can be BALANCED or UNBALANCED
Unbalanced forces in the same direction
What is a Force?
Net Force =
When two forces act in the same direction, the net force is the sum of the two individual forces. Box moves right
Arrow thickness is not equal.
Forces can be BALANCED or UNBALANCED
Unbalanced forces are not equal in size and/or opposite in direction. If the forces on an object are UNBALANCED, we say a NET force results.
What is a Force?
Net force =
Box moves right.
“Out” Force Questions
1) What famous physicist are units of force named after?
2) If Moby has a mass of 50 kg and Tim has a mass of 40 kg, who would require more force to move?
Gravity and Friction
• New Cornell notes (in, out, through) for gravity and friction.
In For Gravity and Friction
• Does a person have gravity?
GRAVITYGRAVITY: An attraction force between all masses
Newton’s universal law of gravitationNewton’s universal law of gravitation: Every object in the universe exerts a gravitational attraction to all other objects in the universe
The amount of gravitational force depends upon the mass of the objects and the distance between the objects
What is Gravity?
The greater the mass, the greater the forceforce
The greater the distancedistance, the lessless the force
Acceleration due to gravity = 9.8 m/s/s or 9.8 m/s2
What is Gravity?
Weight is a measure of the gravitational force between two objects
The greater the mass the greater the force (weight)
Measured in units called Newtons (N)In the standard system units are
pounds (lbs)
What is Weight?
“Out” Gravity Questions
1) How does the gravity on the moon compare to the gravity on Earth?
2) Why don’t you notice your own gravitational pull on the Earth?
3) On what two things does the force of gravity depend?
What is Friction?Friction = A force that opposes or slows
down motionCaused by the physical contact
between moving surfacesThe amount of friction depends upon 2
things: 1.) kinds of surfaces and 2.) force pressing the surfaces together
Changes motion into heat
What is Friction?4 Types of Friction:
1. Rolling Friction (bike tire on the road)
2. Sliding Friction (book sliding on table)
3. Fluid Friction (object moving through air or water)
4. Static Friction (force holding things still)
Air resistance: The force of air exerted on a falling object
The air pushes up as gravity pulls downDependent upon the shape and surface area
of the objectWhen the air resistance equals the force of
gravity, terminal velocity is reachedTerminal velocity is the highest velocity that
an object will reach as it falls
The feather reaches terminal velocity quickly. Air resistance and gravity cancel each other out so the feather stops accelerating. The elephant keeps accelerating due to its shape, surface area and mass.
An Elephant and a Feather both fall at the same rate when air is removed (vacuum).
Apollo astronauts dropped a feather and a hammer during their lunar experiments. Both landed at the same time.
Examples of Friction?
What are some ways athletes use friction?
Friction and Gravity “Out” Activity.
First Law: An object at rest stays at rest or an object in motion, stays in motion (in the same direction/at the same speed) unless acted upon by an unbalanced force
Also called the law of inertia
Inertia is: Inertia is: A property of matterThe tendency of an object to resist any
change in its motionThe greater the mass the greater the inertiaThe greater the speed the greater the inertia
Examples of Newton’s 1st Law
a) car suddenly stops and you strain against the seat belt b) when riding a horse, the horse suddenly stops and you fly over its head c) the magician pulls the tablecloth out from under a table full of dishes d) the difficulty of pushing a dead car f) car turns left and you appear to slide to the right
Second law: The greater the force applied to an object, the more the object will accelerate. It takes more force to accelerate an object with a lot of mass than to accelerate something with very little mass.
The player in black had more acceleration thus he hit with a
greater amount of force
Second law:The greater the force, the greater the accelerationThe greater the mass, the greater the force needed
for the same accelerationCalculated by: F = ma (F = force, m = mass, a = acceleration)
Examples of Newton’s 2nd Law
a) hitting a baseball, the harder the hit, the faster the ball goes b) accelerating or decelerating a car c) The positioning of football players - massive players on the line with lighter (faster to accelerate) players in the backfield d) a loaded versus an unloaded truck
Examples of Newton’s 2nd Law
The second law states that unbalanced forces cause objects to accelerate with an acceleration which is directly proportional to the net force and inversely proportional to the mass. This one is telling us that big heavy objects don’t move as fast or as easily as smaller lighter objects. It takes more to slow down a charging bull then to slow down a charging mouse.
“In” Activity
How can climbing into a boat from a dock be used to explain Newton’s 3rd Law?
third law: For every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force. (Forces are always paired)
Examples of Newton’s 3rd Law
a)rockets leaving earthb)guns being firedc) two cars hit head on d) astronauts in space e) pool or billiards f) jumping out of a boat onto
the dock
Examples of Newton’s 3rd Law
Examples of Newton’s 3rd Law
Momentum: The quantity of motion A property of moving objects Calculated by: P = mv (p = momentum, m = mass, v = velocity)
• Calculating Momentum
• Momentum Practice
Momentum: The quantity of motion Law of conservation of momentumLaw of conservation of momentum: the total
amount of momentum of a group of objects does not change unless outside forces act on the objects
This is an Inelastic collision. Notice how there is no bounce.
The Diesel engine’s momentum before the collision is _________
The Diesel engine + the flat car momentum after the collision is _________.
No momentum was lost or gained.
Newton’s Laws Out Activity
1) Why does a ball roll across a rug and come to a stop?
2) What is a net force?
3) Give an example of Newton’s 3rd Law: