1. Essential Questions:
1. How do forces affect the motion of an object?
2. How do gravity and air resistance affect a falling object?
3. Why does
a projectile follow a curved path?
4. How does Newton’s first law relate to change in motion to a zero net force?
5. How does Newton’s second law relate force, mass, and acceleration?
6. How are mass and weight related?
7. Explain the Newton’s Third Law of Motion and give examples.
8. How is momentum conserved?
9. Describe the type of force that holds
Vocabulary: Force Newton Net Force Friction Air resistance Gravity Gravitational force Terminal velocity Projectile motion Inertia Weight Momentum Law of Conservation of Momentum Fundamental Forces
Essential Questions:
1. How do forces affect the motion of an object?
2. How do gravity and air resistance affect a falling object?
3. Why does
a projectile follow a curved path?
4. How does Newton’s first law relate to change in motion to a zero net force?
5. How does Newton’s second law relate force, mass, and acceleration?
6. How are mass and weight related?
7. Explain the Newton’s Third Law of Motion and give examples.
8. How is momentum conserved?
9. Describe the type of force that holds
Vocabulary: Force Newton Net Force Friction Air resistance Gravity Gravitational force Terminal velocity Projectile motion Inertia Weight Momentum Law of Conservation of Momentum Fundamental Forces