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Free Body Diagrams, acceleration, quiz Monday, November 9, 2015
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Monday, 11/9 Unit 4: Forces Pick up a warm-up sheet Respond to the following questions for both pictures. 1. Using your knowledge of inertia, describe how the image demonstrates Newton’s 1 st Law of motion. 2. What could you do to change the motion of the bus or the race car? Upcoming dates Monday, 11/9 – Quiz Tuesday, 11/17 – Quiz Tuesday, 11/17 – Review due when the late bell rings Thursday, 11/19 – unit 4 test W/O 11/23 – Thanksgiving Break Friday, 12/11 - Nine week extra credit due by 4:00 PM
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Weight vs. Mass Mass is matter (atoms) Weight is the force of gravity acting on mass. Weight is represented by the symbol F g F g will always act on an object.
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How to Calculate force of gravity (weight) Note: when calculating F g acceleration will always be 9.8 m/s 2
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Example – calculating weight (F g ) A child pulls a wagon with a mass of 6 kg, ten meters across the grass to the garage. The child applies a 10 N force to overcome 2Ns of friction. Calculate the weight of the wagon. G: m = 6kgE: F g = (m)(a)S: 58.8 N U: F g S: F g = (6)(9.8)
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Practice calculating weight (F g )
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245 N 14.7 N 1127 N
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How to calculate force Note: acceleration will not Be 9.8 m/s 2 unless the object Is in free-fall.
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How to Calculate net force
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Net Force Practice
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Net Force - answers
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Quiz 10 minutes
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Newton’s 2 nd Law – Practice problem 1 A car has a mass of 550 kg. 1. Find the weight of the car on Earth 2. Find the net force needed to accelerate the car at 12 m/s 2. 3. If a net force of 2200 N were to act on the car, what would its acceleration be?
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Newton’s 2 nd Law – Practice problem 2 A sled weighs 2500 N on Earth 1. What is the mass of the sled? 2. What is the mass of the sled on the moon, where g = 1.6 m/s 2 ? 3. What is the weight of the sled on the moon? 4. What net force is needed to accelerate the object at 4.0 m/s 2 on the moon?
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Types of forces Review handout
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Free Body Diagrams Read the free body diagram article
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Free body diagram (FBD) Pictorial representation of forces acting on an object.
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Free body diagram steps 1. Replace the object with a dot. 2. Identify the force pairs acting on the object 3. Identify contact forces acting on the object. Remember that only something that is physically touching the object can apply a contact force Possible types of contact forces – push, tension, normal, and friction 4. Add arrows force and label the forces 5. Add any force values that are known
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Example - FBD A child pulls a wagon with a mass of 6 kg, ten meters across the grass to the garage. The child applies a 10 N force to overcome 2Ns of friction. Calculate the weight of the wagon.
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FBD Practice
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Advanced practice
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Cool Down What are free body diagrams (FBD) used for? What is weight (F g ) and what variables do you need to calculate it?
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