1) A force is a push or pull that can be measured in Newtons. Forces can combine and act in the same or opposite directions. Friction is a force that slows or prevents motion and depends on surface roughness and weight. 2) Gravity is the force of attraction between objects with mass. Newton's three laws of motion describe how forces affect motion. An object at rest or in motion stays at rest or in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. The greater the mass of an object, the greater the force needed to accelerate or decelerate it. For every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force. 3) Centripetal force pulls objects toward the center of a

1. FORCE & MOTION

2. Force & Motion

3. I. Force
A. Def. – a push or pull
B. Measured in Newtons (n) – by a
spring scale

4. C. Forces in combination
1. same direction 50N 50N = 100N
2. opposite direction 100N  25N=75N

5. D. Friction – force that slows or
prevents motion
1. Sources
a. roughness of surface; ex. road, floor
b. Weight (forces pushing surfaces
together); large object has more
friction

6. 2. Types
a. static friction – friction at rest; ex.
eraser sits still
b. sliding friction – something pushed
across a surface; ex. box pushed on
floor

7. c. rolling friction – between wheels
& floor; ex. car
d. fluid friction – friction of liquids
or gases; ex. airplane, boat

8. 3. reducing friction
a. lubricants – oil, wax, grease
b. switch from sliding to rolling
c. smooth surface – ex. use sandpaper

9. 4. increasing friction – make surfaces
rougher & increase the weight (forces
pushing the surfaces together

10. FRICTION– 2:13

11. Why did the teacher insist that her
students wear rain slickers?
She wanted to reduce the friction
between them.

12. E. Gravitational Force – force of
attraction between any 2 objects
that have mass (Newton)
1. Law of universal gravitation – all
matter experiences gravity; the size of
the force depends on the masses of the
objects & the distance between them

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14. a. size: sunearthmoon (tides)
b. distance – earth’s gravity affects us
more b/c we are closer
2. weight – measure of gravitational force

15. Gravity – 2:34

16. F. Centripetal Force – force
which pulls objects toward
the center of a curving path

17. II. Motion – occurs when an
object changes position over
timeA. Types of Motion
1. neither direction nor speed changes
2. accelerating/decelerating
3. when force applied

18. 4. opposite forces
5. vertical
6. circular
7. projectile

19. B. Motion described
1. relative position to a reference point; ex.
moving past the middle school, comet moved
past the sun
2. Energy- Law of conservation of energy:
energy is neither created nor destroyed;
a. potential – stored energy; ex. car @ top of
hill
b. kinetic – energy in motion; ex. car moving

20. POTENTIAL/KINETIC ENERGY

21. 3. direction – N, S, E, W
4. speed – rate at which object moves
over time

22. a.) speed = distance/time
ex. 100 miles/2 hrs. = 50 miles/hr
b.) time = distance/speed
ex. 100 miles/ 50 miles/hr = 2 hrs.
c.) distance = speed x time
ex. 50 miles/hr x 2 hrs. = 100 miles

23. C. Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion
1. Newton’s 1st
Law of Motion (Law of
Inertia) – an object at rest or in motion
tends to stay at rest or in motion
unless acted on by an unbalanced
force
ex.

24. What does this mean?
An object will “keep doing what it
was doing” unless acted on by an
unbalanced force.
If the object was sitting still, it will
remain stationary. If it was
moving at a constant velocity, it
will keep moving.
It takes force to change the motion
of an object.

25. What is meant by unbalanced
force?
If the forces on an object are equal and
opposite, they are said to be balanced, and the
object experiences no change in motion. If
they are not equal and opposite, then the
forces are unbalanced and the motion of the
object changes.

26. Some Examples from Real Life
Two teams are playing tug of war. They are both
exerting equal force on the rope in opposite
directions. This balanced force results in no
change of motion.
A soccer ball is sitting at rest. It
takes an unbalanced force of a kick
to change its motion.

27. Newton’s First Law is also
called the Law of Inertia
Inertia: the tendency of an object to
resist changes in its state of motion
The First Law states that all objects
have inertia. The more mass an object
has, the more inertia it has (and the
harder it is to change its motion).

28. More Examples from Real Life
A powerful locomotive begins to pull a
long line of boxcars that were sitting at
rest. Since the boxcars are so massive,
they have a great deal of inertia and it
takes a large force to change their
motion. Once they are moving, it takes
a large force to stop them.
On your way to school, a bug
flies into your windshield. Since
the bug is so small, it has very
little inertia and exerts a very
small force on your car (so small
that you don’t even feel it).

29. If objects in motion tend to stay in motion,
why don’t moving objects keep moving
forever?
Things don’t keep moving forever because
there’s almost always an unbalanced force
acting upon it.
A book sliding across a table slows
down and stops because of the force
of friction.
If you throw a ball upwards it will
eventually slow down and fall
because of the force of gravity.

30. In outer space, away from gravity and any
sources of friction, a rocket ship launched
with a certain speed and direction would
keep going in that same direction and at that
same speed forever.

31. INERTIA – 1:52

32. Newton’s 1st
Law of Motion – 2:09

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34. 2. Newton’s 2nd
Law Motion – the change
in motion depends on the mass of the
object & the amount of force applied; (a
= F/m)
OR - the amount of force depends on
the mass times the acceleration
(F = m x a); Ex.
A = a measurement of how quickly an
object is changing speed.

35. What does F = ma mean?
Force is directly proportional to mass and acceleration.
Imagine a ball of a certain mass moving at a certain
acceleration. This ball has a certain force.
Now imagine we make the ball twice as big (double the
mass) but keep the acceleration constant. F = ma says
that this new ball has twice the force of the old ball.
Now imagine the original ball moving at twice the
original acceleration. F = ma says that the ball will
again have twice the force of the ball at the original
acceleration.

36. More about F = ma
If you double the mass, you double the force. If you
double the acceleration, you double the force.
What if you double the mass and the acceleration?
(2m)(2a) = 4F
Doubling the mass and the acceleration quadruples the
force.
So . . . what if you decrease the mass by half? How
much force would the object have now?

37. What does F = ma say?
F = ma basically means that the force of an object
comes from its mass and its acceleration.
Something very small (low mass) that’s
changing speed very quickly (high
acceleration), like a bullet, can still
have a great force. Something very
small changing speed very slowly will
have a very weak force.
Something very massive (high mass)
that’s changing speed very slowly (low
acceleration), like a glacier, can still
have great force.

38. Newton’s 2nd
Law -1:46

39. 3. Newton’s 3rd
Law of Motion – for every
force action, there is an equal &
opposite force reaction (action-
reaction)
Ex.

40. What does this mean?
For every force acting on an object, there is an equal
force acting in the opposite direction. Right now,
gravity is pulling you down in your seat, but
Newton’s Third Law says your seat is pushing up
against you with equal force. This is why you are
not moving. There is a balanced force acting on
you– gravity pulling down, your seat pushing up.

41. Think about it . . .
What happens if you are standing on a
skateboard or a slippery floor and push against
a wall? You slide in the opposite direction
(away from the wall), because you pushed on
the wall but the wall pushed back on you with
equal and opposite force.
Why does it hurt so much when you stub
your toe? When your toe exerts a force on a
rock, the rock exerts an equal force back on
your toe. The harder you hit your toe against
it, the more force the rock exerts back on
your toe (and the more your toe hurts).

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43. Newton’s 3rd
Law of Motion – 1:18

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