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Chapter 4 POGIL #1:Spring Scales

DIRECTIONS: Please complete the following questions. READ ALL DIRECTIONS and check in at

Before beginning activity, you should know that

Tension occurs when atoms in a rope, or string, etc are not compressed, but stretched. A rope under tension twangs if you pluck it. On Earth, at sea level, a mass of 1kg = a weight of 9.8 N. The spring scales in this activity will simulate our ropes. The spring scales measure FORCE (in Newtons) Make sure you are looking at the NEWTON side of spring scales, not grams or pounds. You have one 1kg mass (weight of 9.8 N). This will be Nellie. You have 1 ruler. This will be your bar.(In #1, Nellie is NOT hanging from a barso dont use the ruler!) You also have string loops. These will attach the mass to ruler. See diagram below (Your only possible answers for #1-6 are 9.8 N, 4.9 N, and 3.3 Nyou will NOT get these exact readings, because the ruler and spring scales add additional weight to the whole system. However, you should choose the spring scale reading that is closest to 9.8 N, 4.9 N, and 3.3 N for your answers for #1-6.) This is for conceptual, simulation purposes only! Stop at stop sign!

Tension Activityrequires some imagination

DIRECTIONS for #1-6:

Using spring scales, bar, and Nellie, design simulation experiments to answer #1-4 Use what you have learned, your guided notes, supplemental text, and your MIND/common sense to solve for #5-6 (you cannot actually set these up) Your only possible answers for #1-6 are 9.8 N, 4.9 N, and 3.3 N. Stop at Stop Sign!

DIRECTIONS for #7-9: Read #7-8-9. Answer each question;use your Guided Notes, and what you
learned in the above activity to help you. **You are NOT using bars / rulers in this activity!**

Vector Addition of Forces

We just learned about vertically oriented spring scales/tensions. Now, lets learn about spring scales/tensions at an angle. 10. TRY THIS - Using your spring scales, string, and masses, design an experiment to answer the following scenario Which below objects spring scales will have LARGER READINGS? (you can circle answer)

Assume Nellie has the same weight in both pictures

11. Using your spring scales, string, and masses, design an experiment to answer the following scenario What happens to the spring scale readings as you increase the angle between the spring scales? (in other words, pull the spring scales away from each other, like what happened in #10) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ True or False:The greater the angle BETWEEN the spring scales, the more tension the spring scales experience:_______________________ 12. Suppose you have 2 identical ropes. You suspend one VERTICALLY from a tree. You suspend another HORIZONTALLY between 2 trees. Then, YOU hang from each. a. Which rope is more likely to snap under your weight? ___________________________________________ b. Which rope experiences more tension?__________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ c. True or False: The more tension in a rope, the more likely it is to snap:_________________________

Chapter Review DIRECTIONS : Please READ each question and ANSWER in full.

You do not have to use complete sentences, but please BE COMPLETE in your explanations! THINK CAREFULLY! Question Your Answer 13. When a box of chocolate bars is in mechanical equilibrium - What can be correctly said about all forces that act on it? - Must the net for necessarily be zero? 14. Faina says that an object cannot be in mechanical equilibrium when only a single force acts on it? Do you agree or disagree? WHY? *Make sure you explain WHY you answered the way you did*

15. Justin sets a hockey puck sliding across the ice at a constant speed. Is the puck in equilibrium? Why or Why not?

*Assume ice means a frictionless surface

16. How many significant forces act on your physics book when it is at rest on a table? Identify the forces.

*Consider drawing a diagram to help you

17. Why Doesnt the support force that acts on a book resting on a table cause the book to rise from the table?

*Consider drawing a diagram to help you

18. Nicole stands in a bathroom scale and reads her weight. Does the reading change if she stands on one-foot instead of both feet?

19. Alyssa pulls horizontally on a create with a force of 200N, and it slides across the floor at a constant speed in a straight line. How much friction is acting on the create? 20. Lucy lightweight stands with one foot on the bathroom scale and her other foot on a second bathroom scale each scale reads 300N. What is Lucys weight?

*Consider drawing a diagram to help you

*Consider drawing a diagram to help you

21. Harry Heavyweight, who weighs 1200N stands on a pair of bathroom scales so that one scale reads twice as much. What are the scale readings?

*Consider drawing a diagram to help you