What is a force?
Say if the following are pushes, pulls or twists:
Writing on paper
Typing on a keyboard
Tug-of-war
Unscrewing the top off a bottle
Posting a letter through a door
Putting on a pair of socks
Types of force you need to know……
Friction Gravity
Magnetism Air resistance
Tension
Compression
Electrostatic
Describing the forces
Magnetism
Friction
Compression
Tension
The force you get when two material rub together
The force you get when a material is being stretched
The force you get when a material is being squashed
Describing the forces
Gravity
Nuclear
Air resistance
Electrostatic
The force that holds the particles in a nucleus together
The force you get when an object moves through air
The force that exists between all objects with mass
Attractive or repulsive?
Gravity?
Magnetism?
Electrostatic?
Attractive, always
Attractive and repulsive
Contact and non-contact
If two objects or materials need to be touching for the force to have an effect then it is a C________ force.
Examples:
If two objects or materials do not need to be t______ for the force to have an effect then it is a NON
Gravity
Gravity is an attractive f____ that exists between all m_____. Gravity is always a_______.
The l____ the mass is, the greater the
gravitational attraction. The f_____ away a mass is, the less the gravitational attraction.
Your w____ is the pull of the Earth’s gravity on your body.
If you stood on the M___ you would weigh less than on Earth.
This is because the Moon has less mass than Earth, so the Moon’s g_________ pull is weaker than the Earth’s.
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Mass and weight
What is the difference between mass and weight?
Your mass is a measure of
how many particles there are in your body. It does not matter where you are in the Universe, your mass does not change.
What is mass measured in?
Kilograms
Your weight is a measure of the pull of gravity on your body. Your weight depends upon what planet you are standing on.
You would weigh less on Mercury than on Earth
because Mercury is smaller than Earth.
What is weight measured in?
Newtons
10kg Mass = 10kg
Force diagrams
Force diagrams show you the direction a force is acting in. It shows you the direction an object is being pushed, pulled or twisted. The direction of the arrow shows you the direction of the force. The sizes of the arrows can be used to compare the sizes of the forces.
Draw a force diagram for a falling object when it first starts to fall.
Air resistance
Unused homework diary on a table
What force pulls down on the book?
Gravity
The diary does not move, so there must be an equal and opposite force pushing up on the diary.
Forces on a speeding fish?
Upthrust
Friction Thrust
Weight
What is thrust?
A forward push
What is upthrust?
Label the forces acting on the moving ship shown:
Upthrust or buoyancy
Thrust
Air resistance
Friction
A ship arrives at port and is loaded with cargo:
What happens to the weight of the ship? What happens to the upthrust on the ship?
Which is the largest force, weight or upthrust?
Forces and motion
If an object is stationary and an unbalanced force acts on it, it will start to move.
If an object is moving and an unbalanced force acts on it there are three possibilities…
The object could speed up.
The object could slow down.
What is friction?
If you rub your hands together there is resistance to the motion.
What do we call this force?
What causes it?
Friction
Even though your hands look smooth, on a
microscopic level it is not, so when your hands rub together you get the
Direction of friction
Friction always acts in the opposite direction to the way
an object is moving.
For the following moving objects, mark with an
Friction effects
Friction always acts in the o______ direction to which an object is moving in.
Friction is a type of f____.
Whenever you get friction between two objects you always get h___ and w_____.
You can reduce the effect of friction by using a l______. O_ is a lubricant used in car engines to reduce friction effects.
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Starting moving…
An object will only start to move if the forces applied to it
Friction - useful or hindrance?
Useful
Hindrance
Write down three instances where friction is useful and three where it is a hindrance.
Which of the following is not a force?
A. Heat
B. Gravity
C. Tension
D. Friction
For a man standing up, in which direction
does gravity act?
A.
