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FORCES Webquest: Gravity, Friction, Newton’s Laws
First Stop = Forces and Motion!!
http://idahoptv.org/sciencetrek/topics/force_and_motion/facts.cfm
1. How is motion defined in the first paragraph? ____________________________________
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2. Motion requires what to cause change? ______________________________________________
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3. Force is a fancy word for…? _____________________________________________________________
4. Gravity produces a force that does what? ___________________________________________
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5. Why is gravity important to the Earth in regards to the sun? _____________________
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6. In your own words, explain a “Normal Force”… _____________________________________
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7. Provide 5 examples of “Normal Forces” in your school, classroom, home, etc.
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8. Read about “Applied Forces” and provide 5 examples applied forces.
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9. Under frictional forces, what is the force of friction caused by? _________________
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10. How can friction be helpful? __________________________________________________________
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11. How can friction be destructive? ____________________________________________________
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12. Read the section titled “resisting forces”. In you're your own words, explain
“air resistance or air friction”. ___________________________________________________________
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13. Under the section “what is friction” do heavier objects cause more or less
friction? ____________________ Explain why. __________________________________________________
14. Define Velocity. __________________________________________________________________________
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15. What is the MAJOR IMPORTANT difference between Velocity and Speed?
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---------------------------------------Second Stop = Exploring Newton’s Laws of Motion!
http://www.sciencechannel.com/games-and-interactives/newtons-laws-of-motion-interactive/
If you don’t have flash flayer, you can use the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLlLL9BDszA
1. What is the Newton’s First Law of Motion? __________________________________________
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**Watch the Interactive and pay careful attention…
2. Explain the examples of Newton’s First Law of Motion shown in the interactive:
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3. What is the Newton’s Second of Motion? ______________________________________________
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**Watch the Interactive and pay careful attention…
4. How is the Law explained in the interactive? Include the formula. ______________
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5. Explain the examples of Newton’s Second Law of Motion shown in the
interactive: __________________________________________________________________________________
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6. What is the Newton’s Third Law of Motion? __________________________________________
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**Watch the Interactive and pay careful attention…
7. Explain the examples of Newton’s Third Law of Motion shown in the interactive:
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**Attempt the quiz and record your answers whether you got them correct:
1. ____________ correct? _____________
6. ____________
correct? _____________
2. ____________ correct? _____________
7. ____________
correct? _____________
3. ____________ correct? _____________
8. ____________
correct? _____________
4. ____________ correct? _____________
9. ____________
correct? _____________
5. ____________ correct? _____________
10. ____________
correct? _____________
Third Stop: The Force of Friction Interactive and Game!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/physical_processes/friction/read/1/
1) How is friction defined? ________________________________________________________________
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2) Friction always ________________________ a moving object down.
3) In what direction does friction always work? _______________________________________
4) What does friction depend on? ________________________________________________________
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5) What kinds of surfaces have more friction? _________________________________________
6) How can friction produce heat? _______________________________________________________
7) Provide 3 + examples of how friction can be helpful. ______________________________
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8) Why would we ever want to reduce friction? ________________________________________
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9) Explain how air resistance is a form of friction. ________________________________
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10) Take the quiz! How did you do? ___________________________________________________
11) Play the game  What did you learn? ____________________________________________
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Fourth Stop: The Force of Friction Experiment!
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/motion-games/friction-ramp.html
1. Click “yes”. This will take you to a “friction ramp activity”. There are 5 surfaces.
2. Hypothesis: List, in order from fastest from slowest, which surfaces you believe
would be fastest slide down and which would be slowest to slide down:
1. ______________________________ 2. ____________________________ 3. ______________________________
4. ______________________________ 5. _________________________________________
3. Explain your answer! ____________________________________________________________________
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**Test them out one at a time!
4. Results: which turned out to be the fastest and slowest?
1. ______________________________ 2. ____________________________ 3. ______________________________
4. ______________________________ 5. _________________________________________
5. Continue with the interactive…
6. What did you learn about friction through this mini-experiment? (2 sentences)
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---------------------------------------Fifth Stop: Exploring Gravity Experiment
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E25/E25.html
**Read the paragraph on the section left side “What is Newton’s Second Law of
Motion?” and answer the following questions.
1. Define “Net Force”.________________________________________________________________________
2. What force will be discussed in this interactive? _____________________________________
3. Describe how the force of gravity affects a book on the desk (described in the
example). ________________________________________________________________________________________
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4. Describe the meaning of the formula F = MA. ______________________________________
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5. What is the unit of measurement for force? _____________________________
** Scroll down to the Procedure Section. Carefully read the instructions!
Directions: Choose planets o different masses and gravities and objects of different
masses and gravities to investigate. Drop the objects and record your results below.
Be sure to pay carefully attention to what you are noticing about the size of mass
and the gravity of the plant in relation to how fast the objects fall.
Location 1:
Object 1
Location 2
Object 2
Trial
Results
Trial 1
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Mass:
Mass:
Gravity:
Gravity:
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Mass:
Mass:
Gravity:
Gravity:
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Mass:
Mass:
Gravity:
Gravity:
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Mass:
Mass:
Gravity:
Gravity:
Trial 2
Trial 3
Trial 4
1. Describe your results. How does the mass and gravity of a planet seem to affect
the rate at which the object falls?
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2. How does this relate to Net Forces and the formula F-MA?
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Sixth Stop: Find your weight on Other Planets…MASS VS. WEIGHT!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/
1. Enter in your weight and click “calculate”. On which planet do you weigh the
most? _________________ On which planet do you weight the least? _____________________
2. How much do you weigh on the sun? _________________________
3. Read the section “What’s going on?” underneath the planets.
4. Every object in the universe with mass… _____________________________________________
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5. The amount of attraction depends on? _____________________________________________
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6. The force of attraction between you and the Earth (or any other planet) is
called? ________________________________
7. If you are in a spaceship in space you are weightless. You don’t have weight.
However, do you still have mass? ___________________________
8. Weight is a measure of….. _______________________________________________________________
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9. What are the two things your weight (the force of gravity) depends on?
1. _______________________________________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________________________________
10. Which changes depending on the force of gravity - MASS or WEIGHT?
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11. Which stays the same always – MASS or WEIGHT? ________________________________
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Follow up Questions…
**3 Things you learned: ______________________________________________________________________
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**2 Things you found interesting:
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**1 Question you have:
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1. Which was your favorite website/interactive and why?
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2. What was your favorite thing to learn about and why?
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3. What was the most confusing thing to learn about and why?
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