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1 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 2 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 What are forces? 3 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Push and pull 4 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Types of forces All forces involve interactions between objects. There are several different types. Gravity and magnetism are forces that can act over distances. Friction and upthrust are forces that involve direct contact between objects. All types of forces can occur whether objects are still or moving. What forces are acting during this rocket launch? 5 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Forces affecting objects 6 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Forces changing an object’s shape 7 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Balanced forces There are two wind machines applying forces to the ice skater. The forces acting on the skater are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction. The forces are balanced, so they cancel each other out. The skater does not move. 8 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Unbalanced forces What if only one wind machine is blowing on the skater? The forces acting on her are no longer balanced so she will start to move to the left. Her speed will change – this is called acceleration. Unbalanced forces lead to a change in speed or direction. 9 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Measuring forces 10 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 11 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Force pairs 12 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Balanced and unbalanced forces Imagine a car travelling at a constant speed of 50 km/h. The engine provides sufficient force to balance all the frictional forces that are acting to decrease the speed. 500 N 13 of 54 500 N © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Balanced and unbalanced forces A crosswind acting on the car produces a sideways force. 500 N 500 N 100 N cross wind The crosswind causes the direction of the car to change – this happens because the sideways forces on the car are not balanced. The car will veer sideways. If the car turns right so that the wind is now behind the car, what will happen to the speed? 14 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Resultant force The sum effect of more than one force is called the resultant force. The resultant force is calculated by working out the difference between opposing forces in each direction. What is the resultant force on this truck? A resultant force of 100 N is accelerating the truck. 400 N 15 of 54 500 N © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Balanced and unbalanced forces – summary If the forces on an object are balanced: and the object is stationary, it will remain stationary and the object is moving, it will continue to move at the same speed and in a straight line. In other words, the object will continue to do what it is already doing without any change. If the forces are unbalanced, two things can happen: The speed can change. This is called acceleration. The direction of motion can change. 16 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Resultant forces – question 1 1. What is the resultant force on the satellite? 5N 5N Resultant force = 20 N – 10 N = 10 N down The satellite will accelerate downwards. 20 N 17 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Resultant forces – question 2 2. What is the resultant force on the bird? The forces acting in each direction horizontally are equal in size, so there is no resultant force in this direction. Resultant force = 5 N – 5 N = 0 N 5 N The vertical forces are not balanced, the bird will accelerate in a downwards direction. 5N 5N 18 of 54 Resultant force = 5N – 0N = 5 N down © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Resultant forces – question 3 3. What is the resultant force on the yacht? 10 N 10 N 13 N 20 N 10 N The vertical forces are equal in size and opposite in direction so there is no resultant force in the vertical direction. The horizontal forces are not balanced, so the yacht will accelerate to the right. Resultant force = (20 N +10 N) – 13 N = 17 N right 19 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 20 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 What is gravity? When the netball is thrown, why does it fall back down? There is a gravitational force pulling it towards the Earth. Gravity is a force that occurs between all objects. Gravity always acts to pull objects towards each other. The Earth and the ball are pulling each other together. However, the ball moves much more than the Earth because it has a much smaller mass. 21 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton is a very famous physicist who lived in England 1643–1727. Newton wrote down his ideas in the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica; a very important book about forces and gravity. Some accounts suggest that one of Newton’s greatest discoveries occurred when an apple fell on his head and it made him think about the reason it fell… 22 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Gravity and Newton Newton realized that the motion of falling objects and objects orbiting in space must be caused by the same force – Gravity! He wrote in the Philosophiae Naturalis, “It is an attractive force that makes apples fall from trees and the planets orbit the Sun.” Other scientists had already noted the effects of gravity but Newton was the first to calculate the force of gravity on objects. 23 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 What is gravity? Gravity is an attractive force that acts between all objects that have mass. The size of the force depends on the masses of the objects. Satellite’s gravity Earth’s gravity All objects produce a gravitational force. This is very large for huge masses such as planets. When you jump, the gravitational force of the Earth pulls you down. Your gravitational force also pulls the Earth towards you, but you don’t notice it because the Earth is too heavy to be visibly affected by your gravity. 24 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Gravity and distance The force of gravity between two objects depends on their masses and the distance between them. Spacecraft produce a very large force, called thrust, to overcome the force of gravity. As a spacecraft gets further away from Earth, the force of gravity gets smaller. Why do spacecraft lose their large fuel tanks and booster rockets once they have left the Earth’s surface? 25 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Gravity during a rocket launch 26 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 What are mass and weight? Mass is the amount of matter in an object and is measured in kilograms. Mass is not a force. An object, such as this satellite, has the same mass at any point in the Universe. Weight is a force and is caused by the pull of gravity acting on a mass. Weight is measured in newtons and has both magnitude and direction. An object’s weight changes depending on where it is in the Universe. 27 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Investigating mass and weight 28 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Mass and weight on the Moon The force of gravity on the Moon is only one-sixth of that on Earth because the Moon has a much smaller mass. Any object on the Moon weighs one-sixth of the amount it would weigh on Earth. Astronauts can jump up 20 feet on the Moon due to there being such a low gravitational force. However, the astronaut still has the same mass – they just weigh less because gravity is weaker. 29 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Mass and weight on different planets 30 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Weight and mass activity 31 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008 Missing words about gravity 32 of 54 © Boardworks Ltd 2008