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ENDURINGUNDERSTANDINGS

*Aforceisapushorpullinagivendirectiondue to
appliedenergy.

*Gravityistheforcethatpullsobjectstogether

*Frictionistheforcethatonesurfaceexertson
anotherwhenthetworub againsteachother.

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NETFORCE

WHATISFORCE?

*Netforceisthe
combinationof
*Forceisapushorpull,describedbyitsstrength&the
direction allforcesacting
inwhichitacts.
onanobject.
*ForceismeasuredinNewtons
Force=massxacceleration
1N=1kg.m/s2

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BALANCEDvsUNBALANCEDFORCES

*Unbalancedforcesactingonanobjectresult
inanetforce, causingachangeinanobject's
motion.

Whatforcesdoyouseeinthispicture?

Aretheforcesbalancedorunbalanced?

*Equalforcesactingonanobjectinoppositedirectionsarecalled
balancedforces,anddonotchangetheobject'smotion.

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Anobjectcanbemovingandstillhave
balancedforces.
Anobjectwithnoaccelerationhas
balancedforces.
Unbalancedforcescauseacceleration!

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FRICTION

*Thestrengthoftheforceoffrictiondependsonthetypesofsurfacesinvolved
andhowhardthesurfacespushtogether. 3.Fluidfrictionoccurswhenanobjectmovesthrougha
fluid.

1.Staticfrictionistheforceactingonobjectsthatare
notmoving.Staticfrictionmustbeovercometo
beginmovinganobject.

4.Rollingfrictionoccurswhenanobjectrollsover
another.

2.Slidingfrictionoccurswhensolidsurfaces
slideovereachother.
*Theforcerequiredtoovercomefluidorrollingfrictionismuchlessthanthat
requiredtoovercomeslidingfriction.

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TYPESOFFRICTION

GRAVITY

*Gravityistheforcethatpullsobjectstogether

*NewtonsLawofUniversalGravitationstates:
"Theforceofgravityactsbetweenallobjectsintheuniverse."

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MASSVSDISTANCE
*Gravitybetween2objectsdependsonmassanddistance.

*Thegreaterthemassofabody,thestrongeritsforceduetogravity.
FREEFALL

*Whentheonlyforceactingonafallingobjectisgravity,
itissaidtobeinfreefall.

*Infreefall,theforceofgravityisanunbalancedforcethatcausesobjectsto
accelerate.
*Theequationfortheforceofgravitybetween2objectsis:
*TheforceofaccelerationduetogravityonEarthis9.8m/s2
g=G mass1xmass 2
r2
whereGisEinsteinsUniversalConstantequaling6.67x1011N.kg2/m2

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GRAPHINGGRAVITY AIRRESISTANCE

Accelerationduetogravityisplotted *Airresistanceisatypeoffluidfrictionthatfallingobjectsexperience.
onaspeedversustimegraph
*Airresistanceisanupwardforce,oppositeofgravity.

*Airresistanceincreasesasvelocityincreases.

*Terminalvelocityisthegreatestvelocitythatanobjectreachessuchaswhen
airresistanceequalstheforceofgravityonafallingobject,soalthoughthe
objectcontinuestofall,itisnolongeraccelerating.

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FALLINGMOTION

Aprojectilefallsatthesame Intheabsenceoffriction,
rateasanobjectinfreefall allobjectsfreefallatthe
samerateregardlessofmass

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