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Force & Newton's Laws

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  • Balanced or Unbalanced? A cheerleader doing a backflip?
    Unbalanced
  • Balanced or Unbalanced? A satellite orbiting the earth.
    Balanced
  • Which Law?? It takes less force to move a bicycle than a motorcycle.
    Second law
  • Balanced or Unbalanced? Car slowing down to go over a bump.
    Unbalanced
  • Which Law?? A pitched baseball goes faster than one that is thrown gently.
    Second law
  • Which Law?? A cannonball is shot forward and the cannon pushes back.
    Third law
  • Name the 3 types of motion that unbalanced forces may cause.
    Postion, Direction, Speed
  • What is precision?
    How close or repeatable the measurements are to each other?
  • Which Law?? A fireman turns on his hose and is knocked backwards.
    Third law
  • What is accuracy?
    How close a measurement is to the accepted value
  • If I line up dominos and try to knock it down with a small ball then a big ball, Which ball will make the dominos fall? Which law is this?
    Big Ball, 2nd Law of Motion
  • Which Law?? A bird pushes down on the air with its wings in order to fly.
    Third law
  • If I make a car, with paper, straws and tie a balloon on top. When I blow on the straw into the balloon, which way will the car go?, Which way will the air go? What law is this?
    Forward; Backwards; 3rd Law of Motion
  • Which Law?? A soccer ball won't move until it is kicked
    First Law
  • What is net force? How is it measured?
    The overall force acting on an object. Measured in newtons
  • What is Newton's 2nd Law of Motion?
    The greater the mass of an object, the more force needed to accelerate the object.
  • What is Newton's First Law of Motion?
    An object in motion will stay in motion & An object at rest will stay at rest.
  • Define Inertia.
    Tendency of an object to do nothing or remain unchanged
  • What is Newton's 3rd Law of Motion?
    For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
  • What is Force?
    A push or pull made on an object.
  • Which Law?? It takes less force to push an empty wagon that a full one.
    Second law
  • Which Law?? An ice skater pushes with more force and goes faster.
    Second law
  • Which Law?? A swimmer pushes back on the water and moves forward.
    Third law
  • Which Law? If I pull the paper and the penny lands inside the cup.
    1st Law of Motion
  • Balanced or Unbalanced? A skier at the top of a hill.
    Balanced
  • What is friction?
    The force that causes a moving object to slow down when it touches another object; one object rubbing against another.
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