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ENDURINGUNDERSTANDINGS
*Aforceisapushorpullinagivendirectiondue to
appliedenergy.
*Gravityistheforcethatpullsobjectstogether
*Frictionistheforcethatonesurfaceexertson
anotherwhenthetworub againsteachother.
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NETFORCE
WHATISFORCE?
*Netforceisthe
combinationof
*Forceisapushorpull,describedbyitsstrength&the
direction allforcesacting
inwhichitacts.
onanobject.
*ForceismeasuredinNewtons
Force=massxacceleration
1N=1kg.m/s2
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BALANCEDvsUNBALANCEDFORCES
*Unbalancedforcesactingonanobjectresult
inanetforce, causingachangeinanobject's
motion.
Whatforcesdoyouseeinthispicture?
Aretheforcesbalancedorunbalanced?
*Equalforcesactingonanobjectinoppositedirectionsarecalled
balancedforces,anddonotchangetheobject'smotion.
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Anobjectcanbemovingandstillhave
balancedforces.
Anobjectwithnoaccelerationhas
balancedforces.
Unbalancedforcescauseacceleration!
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FRICTION
*Thestrengthoftheforceoffrictiondependsonthetypesofsurfacesinvolved
andhowhardthesurfacespushtogether. 3.Fluidfrictionoccurswhenanobjectmovesthrougha
fluid.
1.Staticfrictionistheforceactingonobjectsthatare
notmoving.Staticfrictionmustbeovercometo
beginmovinganobject.
4.Rollingfrictionoccurswhenanobjectrollsover
another.
2.Slidingfrictionoccurswhensolidsurfaces
slideovereachother.
*Theforcerequiredtoovercomefluidorrollingfrictionismuchlessthanthat
requiredtoovercomeslidingfriction.
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TYPESOFFRICTION
GRAVITY
*Gravityistheforcethatpullsobjectstogether
*NewtonsLawofUniversalGravitationstates:
"Theforceofgravityactsbetweenallobjectsintheuniverse."
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MASSVSDISTANCE
*Gravitybetween2objectsdependsonmassanddistance.
*Thegreaterthemassofabody,thestrongeritsforceduetogravity.
FREEFALL
*Whentheonlyforceactingonafallingobjectisgravity,
itissaidtobeinfreefall.
*Infreefall,theforceofgravityisanunbalancedforcethatcausesobjectsto
accelerate.
*Theequationfortheforceofgravitybetween2objectsis:
*TheforceofaccelerationduetogravityonEarthis9.8m/s2
g=G mass1xmass 2
r2
whereGisEinsteinsUniversalConstantequaling6.67x1011N.kg2/m2
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GRAPHINGGRAVITY AIRRESISTANCE
Accelerationduetogravityisplotted *Airresistanceisatypeoffluidfrictionthatfallingobjectsexperience.
onaspeedversustimegraph
*Airresistanceisanupwardforce,oppositeofgravity.
*Airresistanceincreasesasvelocityincreases.
*Terminalvelocityisthegreatestvelocitythatanobjectreachessuchaswhen
airresistanceequalstheforceofgravityonafallingobject,soalthoughthe
objectcontinuestofall,itisnolongeraccelerating.
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FALLINGMOTION
Aprojectilefallsatthesame Intheabsenceoffriction,
rateasanobjectinfreefall allobjectsfreefallatthe
samerateregardlessofmass
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