2. What forces do you think are
acting on you right now while
you’re sitting in your seat?
3. There are forces acting on you all the
time whether you know it or not!
• Gravity is pulling you down
• The ground is pushing you up
• Air is squeezing you from every
direction
• Your body is pushing back at the air
4. When forces are balanced, they
cancel out and you don’t
notice them. But when forces
don’t balance, things happen…
THINK! What would happen if we took
the force of gravity away?
5. A force is a PUSH or a PULL
• Forces can cause an object to move,
change speed, change direction,
change shape, or stop
• Forces have size and direction
6. • When you drop your pencil, gravity is
pulling it to the ground
• When you are walking around, your
feet are pushing down onto the
ground
7. Force Facts
• Measured in Newtons (N)
• Always act in pairs
• Cannot be seen, but the effect can
be seen
• Measured using a spring scale
8. Measuring Force
• How many Newtons will it take for me
to drag your science binder across the
desk?
9. Net Force
Net force: the size of all the forces acting
on an object
• If two forces acting on an object are in
the SAME direction, you ADD the
forces together
• If two forces acting on an object are in
the OPPOSITE direction, you SUBTRACT
the forces
10. Written with a magnitude and direction
Ex: Force Net = 30 N
11. If two forces acting on an object are in
the SAME direction, you ADD the forces
together
50 N 75 N
Net force =
12. If two forces acting on an object are in
the OPPOSITE direction, you SUBTRACT
the forces
500 N
100 N
Net force =
13. Balanced Forces
• Forces that cancel each other out
• Net force = ZERO
• There is no change in motion
23. Forces that act against motion…
If you kick a soccer ball on grass, what
will start to slow it down?
24. The enemy of motion
• Friction: force that occurs when 2
objects rub against each other
• Always acts in the direction opposite
to the direction of motion
• Will slow the motion of an object or
stop it
• Creates heat
25. • Every object causes friction, some
more than others
• It may look smooth, but it is covered in
tiny bumps and dents
26. • Friction can be
beneficial
• Everyday life
would be a lot
different without it
• THINK! What would
happen if the floor
in the classroom
was ice instead of
carpet?
29. Is it possible to pick up a bottle
full of rice with just a pencil?
YES!
30. 4 Types of Friction
• Static friction
• Sliding friction
• Rolling friction
• Fluid friction
31. Fluid Friction- Air Resistance
• Caused by friction of the air against an
object
• Objects with more surface area
experience greater air resistance and
move more slowly
32. Gravity
• Force that pulls objects
towards each other
• Law of gravitational force: The force
of gravity depends on the distance
between the objects and their
masses
33. Which objects have the greatest
force of gravity?
A B C D
A and C
D and B
B and C
A and D
34. • Mass: the amount of matter in an
object (g)
• Weight: measure of the force of
gravity on an object (N)
35. • All objects fall at the same rate
towards the earth because gravity
pulls on every object the same
amount
• Air resistance slows objects down
What would hit the ground first, a pencil
or a ball?
What about a sheet of paper and a
balled up sheet?
36. An object’s weight can change if you
went from the earth to the moon, but
your mass would stay the same.
Ex:
Gravity on moon is
1.622 m/s2
37. THINK! What would happen if we drop a
feather and a hammer on earth? What
if we were on the moon?
Hammer-feather drop
What is happening?
39. Checkpoint
1. Is your mass the same on earth and
the moon?
2. Is your weight the same on the earth
and moon?
3. What forces will effect a soccer ball
that has been kicked?
Demonstrate the spring scale by pulling object across table
400 N
5 N up (table)
5 N down (gravity)
F net= 0 N
100 N
100 N
F net = 0N
600 N
500 N
F net = 100 N
475 N
No matter how smooth an object might look, its really covered with millions of tiny jagged bumps and dents
When 2 objects rub together, the tiny bumps snag each other and slow down the objects down
No matter how smooth an object might look, its really covered with millions of tiny jagged bumps and dents
When 2 objects rub together, the tiny bumps snag each other and slow down the objects down
What could we do to stop us from sliding around the ice classroom?
This experiment teaches about friction. Friction is the resistance you feel when one object is moved against another. When you’re walking outside on a snowy day, you might step on ice and slip. The ice is slippery because there is a low amount of friction between your feet and the ice. But if you sprinkle sand on the ice, you can walk without slipping – the sand increases the friction to make walking safer.
When you stab the pencil into the rice and it “sticks”, the rice is packed against other grains of rice, with are all contained by the bottle. The friction between the rice and the pencil is strong enough to hold the pencil in place when you lift the bottle with it.
Liquids and gases, like air, are considered fluids (free flowing-can flow and change shape)
Paper ball and piece of paper demonstration
We measure weight in pounds, but in physics when we are describing weight as a force, it is measured in newtons
How hard is gravity pulling down an object down