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    Year 10 FORCES - PPT

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    Forces can be pushes, pulls, or twists that cause changes in the motion, shape, or energy of an object. Forces are measured in Newtons and represented by arrows showing direction and size. A force is balanced if it does not cause a change in motion, and unbalanced if it does by making an object speed up, slow down, change direction or shape. Common forces include gravity, friction, magnetic forces, and contact forces between touching objects.

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    Forces can be pushes, pulls, or twists that cause changes in the motion, shape, or energy of an object. Forces are measured in Newtons and represented by arrows showing direction and size. A force is balanced if it does not cause a change in motion, and unbalanced if it does by making an object speed up, slow down, change direction or shape. Common forces include gravity, friction, magnetic forces, and contact forces between touching objects.

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    Forces can be pushes, pulls, or twists that cause changes in the motion, shape, or energy of an object. Forces are measured in Newtons and represented by arrows showing direction and size. A force is balanced if it does not cause a change in motion, and unbalanced if it does by making an object speed up, slow down, change direction or shape. Common forces include gravity, friction, magnetic forces, and contact forces between touching objects.

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    Forces can be pushes, pulls, or twists that cause changes in the motion, shape, or energy of an object. Forces are measured in Newtons and represented by arrows showing direction and size. A force is balanced if it does not cause a change in motion, and unbalanced if it does by making an object speed up, slow down, change direction or shape. Common forces include gravity, friction, magnetic forces, and contact forces between touching objects.

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    FORCES

    A FORCE IS
    A push

    A pull

    A twist
    Forces can be measured
     Using a spring balance

     The unit forces are measured in is the


    newton (after Sir Isaac Newton)
     The symbol for a newton is

    N
    HOW to draw a Force
     We draw forces using an arrow
     The arrow shows the direction the force is

    acting in
     The size of the arrow shows how big or small

    the force is
    This shows a large force

    This shows a small force


    A force can cause a CHANGE in
    A. The SPEED of an object
     It can make something move
     It can speed something up
     It can slow something down
     It can make something stop moving

    eg. hand twisting a door knob


    eg. wind pushing on a sail
    eg. girl pushing a rock
    eg. a stone being pulled towards the earth by the force of
    gravity
    Also
    B The SHAPE of an object

    eg. a crashed car


    eg. a squashed pillow
    and
    C The ENERGY of an object

    Eg. the stones gravitational potential energy


    changes to kinetic energy when the force of
    gravity acts on it
    A force can be a CONTACT FORCE

    This means that the force acts between objects


    that can TOUCH each other

    eg. a girl pushing a rock


    eg. the force of friction which acts when one
    surface is moving across other surface
    eg. wind pushing a windmill blade
    eg. a girl pulling on a fishing rod
    Eg. a bat hitting a ball
    A Force can be a NON CONTACT
    FORCE
     This means that the force acts between
    objects that DO NOT TOUCH each other

    eg. magnetic force


    eg. gravitational force
    eg. electrostatic force
    Newton said
    1. If the forces on an object are BALANCED
    (even on all sides), the object will
    KEEP DOING WHAT IT IS ALREADY DOING
    This means it will
    keep stationary (still)
    OR
    keep moving at a STEADY (CONSTANT) SPEED
    ie. the motion will not CHANGE
    He also said that
    2. If the forces on an object are UNBALANCED
    (not even on all sides) the object will
    CHANGE WHAT IT IS DOING
    This means it will
    Start moving if it was stationary
    OR
    If it was already moving the object will
    Move faster
    Slow down
    Turn a corner
    ie. the motion will CHANGE
    DRAWING FREEBODY DIAGRAMS
    1. Describe the MOTION (or lack of motion) of the
    object to decide whether the forces are balanced or
    not
    2. Decide what forces are acting on the object
    3. Draw the force arrows around the object, begin arrow
    at the centre of the picture and label them
    4. Make sure the arrow head is facing away from the
    picture
    5. Draw large arrows for large forces and small arrows
    for small forces
    6. Draw the force of gravity pulling downwards on all
    objects on or above the earths surface
    Unbalanced Forces
    Make things change their SHAPE
    Eg. crushing a can in a can crusher. The
    unbalanced force is downwards

    Make things change their DIRECTION


    Eg. a bus turning a corner. The unbalanced
    force is towards the inside of the turn
    Falling objects
    When 2 different massesare dropped from
    the same height they;
     Travel downwards at the same speed
     Have the same acceleration (they speed up

    the same amount)


     Are pulled downwards equally because the

    force of gravity on each mass is the SAME


    This means that…..

    The masses hit the ground


    at the same time.

    (remember coin/feather and


    Galileo’s cannon balls)

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