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    How do objects move?

    Do all items fall at the same speed?


    Learn the answers to these and more…

    Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural


    Health (PEER)
    http://peer.tamu.edu
    Texas A&M University
    October 20, 2008
    A force is a push or pull in a specific
    direction.
     Forces can applied in the same or
    opposite direction.
     More than one force can be applied to an
    object at the same time.
     We are interested in the NET force
    applied.
     Net force = Combination of ALL forces acting
    on an object
     The
    unit for measuring force is the
    Newton (N). [Named after Isaac Newton]
    PUSH PULL

    30 N
    20 N 10 N

    The NET force = 20 N + 10 N = 30 N to the right

    Force should always include MAGNITUDE and DIRECTION!!


    PUSH PUSH

    10 N
    20 N 10 N

    The NET force = 20 N - 10 N = 10 N to the right

    Force should always include MAGNITUDE and DIRECTION!!


    PUSH PUSH

    0N
    20 N 20 N

    The NET force = 20 N - 20 N = 0 N to the right

    Force should always include MAGNITUDE and DIRECTION!!


    Aforce can start an object at rest in
    motion.
     What does ‘at rest’ mean?
     Forces can change the shape of an
    object.
     Forces can have no effect at all on
    an object.
     Force has SIZE (magnitude) and
    DIRECTION.
     Force is measured with a SPRING scale
    (not a mass balance).
     Units are in NEWTONS (N) named after
    Sir Isaac Newton.

    SPRING SCALES
     Weight is a measurement of
    gravitational force on an object.
     Weight does NOT equal mass!
     How do we measure mass?
     Anobject’s weight depends on the
    force of gravity at a given location.
     Compare the Earth and the moon?
     Why do astronauts ‘float’ in space?
     Image Sources
     Microsoft Office Clip Art (Office 2007)
     Slide 6 : Image -
    http://panda.unm.edu/Courses/Price/Phys160/F11-1.jpeg
     Slide 7 : Image -
    http://www.the-planets.com/star-biography/yoda_biography_3.jpg, http:
    //www.heathscientific.net/Portals/0/spring%20scale.jpg, http://www.nor
    therntool.com/images/product/images/19393_lg.jpg, http://www.fromol
    dbooks.org/Aubrey-HistoryOfEngland-Vol3/pages/vol3-401-Sir-Isaac-Ne
    wton/vol3-401-Sir-Isaac-Newton-q75-484x500.jpg

     Information Source
     Region 4 Educated Solutions, Gateways to Science Grade 6.
    2005. pp. 70-78.

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