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What is Newton’s First Law

A body continues in its state of rest, or with uniform velocity, unless acted on by a resultant force

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what does it mean when the resultant force is zero

at rest or constant velocity in a straight line

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what happens when a resultant force is acting on an object

object accelerating or decelerating

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what forces act on an object when it is at rest

Normal contact force and gravity

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what forces act on an object when in constant velocity in a straight line

thrust and resistive

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what direction do forces act when an object accelerates

same direction

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what direction do forces act when an object decelerating

opposite directions

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what is Newton’s Second Law

for a body of constant mass, its acceleration is directly proportional to the resultant force applied to it.

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define force

rate of change in momentum

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what equation do you use for Newton’s Second Law

F = ma

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what is a free body diagram

graphical illustration used to visualize the applied forces, moments, and subsequent reactions on a body in a given condition

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<p>what is mgsine()</p>

what is mgsine()

horizontal weight component

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<p>what is N</p>

what is N

Normal contact force

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<p>what is f </p>

what is f

friction

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<p>what is Mg</p>

what is Mg

weight

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<p>what is mgcos()</p>

what is mgcos()

vertical weight component

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<p>what is the name of this diagram </p>

what is the name of this diagram

free body diagram

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what is Newton’s Third Law

when two bodies interact, one body exerts a force on the second body and the second one exerts an equal and opposite force on the first one

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in Newton’s Third Law, where are the action-reaction forces

on opposite bodies

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what is an example of Newton’s first law

a bowl set down on a table

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what is an example of Newton’s second law

a parachute being open

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what is an example of Newton’s third law

moon orbiting planet

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what is the acceleration of connected objects when a force is exerted on them

the same

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what is combined effect of several forces

resultant force

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what is the SI unit of force

Newton

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what can forces do to objects

change shape or dimensions of objects

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what kind of quantity is force

vector

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why are spring balances called Newton balances

because that is the SI unit of force

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what different changes can a force apply to an object

tension, squeezing, pulling, stretching, squishing

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what fact should you keep in mind when measuring forces

the fact forces can change the dimensions of objects in a reproducible way

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what does changing object dimensions in a reproducible way mean

under the same conditions so that the changes can be measured and replicated reliably

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what did Aristotle discover

natural state of object was at rest and is necessary to make it move

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who believed in the greater the force, greater the speed

Aristotle

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what did Galileo question statement to Aristotle be

motion at constant speed can be as natural as a state of rest

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what can make the friction on motion significantly less

pushing an object on a smooth, lubricated surface can make it vanishingly small

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what does the force of friction do

oppose pushing force

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how many laws does Isaac Newton have

three

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what is the formula for force

force equals mass time acceleration

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what is 1 Newton defined as

force which will give you a 1kg mass and acceleration of 1ms^-2

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what is inertia

what is the property of an object to stay with no resultant force

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what quantity is momentum

vector

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define momentum

the product of its mass and its velocity

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how do you calculate momentum

mass x velocity

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what is the unit of momentum

N s

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what is the base quantity of momentum

Kg m s^-1

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what is momentum when an object is at rest or velocity is uniform

momentum is zero

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what is resultant force in terms of momentum

rate of change of its momentum

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what is momentum when provided the external resultant force is zero

momentum is constant

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what is Newton’s second law of motion in terms of momentum

the resultant force acting on an object is proportional to the rate of change of its momentum

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what is Newton’s second law in terms of the constant of proportionality

the resultant force acting on an object is equal of the rate of change of momentum

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what is momentum expressed in symbols

F = Δp/Δt

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what is momentum expressed in symbols for constant mass

F = Δ(mv)/Δt = m(Δv/Δt) = ma

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what is weight

force of gravity which acts on an object

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what is the unit for weight

N

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why do you never specify the direction of force of gravity even though it goes in the same direction?

always going towards center of Earth

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what do newton balances find

weight

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why is a balance in a lab called a balance

to represent balance of forces

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what is weight equal to on a balance found in a lab

to previous calibration to balance

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why do objects at rest have weight

gravity is always acting

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what makes an object at rest have zero resultant

normal contact force

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what does “normal” in normal contact force mean

acts perpendicularly to plane of contact

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what does “contact“ mean in normal contact force

happens because of contact between object and surface plane

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what kind of balance is used to compare weight

lever balance

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<p>what type of balance is this </p>

what type of balance is this

top pan balance

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<p>what type of balance is this </p>

what type of balance is this

level balance

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<p>what kind of balance is this </p>

what kind of balance is this

sprig balance

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what other body exerts a force on an object at rest other than normal contact force (think of a book and a table)

upward force exerted by the table on the book

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what is the principle of conservation of momentum

the total linear momentum of a system of a system of colliding bodies with no external forces acting, remaining constant

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what is the meaning of a closed system

matter cannot enter or leave, but energy can flow across the boundaries

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what is an isolated system

where both matter AND energy are prevented from entering or leaving the system

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<p>what does this represent </p>

what does this represent

isolated energy system

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<p>what does this represent </p>

what does this represent

closed energy system

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what is the protionality of mass and velocity in momentum

directily proportional

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what direction does momentum and velocity work in

same direction

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define impulse

product of force acting on an object and the time during which the force acts

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symbol for impulse

J

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formula for impulse

J = F t

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what is the unit for impulse

N s

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what quantity is impulse

vector

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what happens to the momentum of two colliding bodies hittign each other at the same time

one loses and one gains

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what is the firmula for total initial momentum = total final momentum

Mux + Mux = Mvy + Mvy

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if no kinetic energy is lost during collisiton, what is said about it

it is perfectly elastic

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formula for elastic collision

u x- uy = vx - vy

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what happens when two object collide and no energy is lost

converted to other forms

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what happens when pulling force is greater than friction force

object accelerates

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what happenes when pulling force is equal to friction force

object is at constant velocity

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what happens when pulling force is less thant fricition force

object is decelerating

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where does viscouse force happen

in fluids

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is water high or low viscosity

low

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is glue high or low viscosity

high

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what is terminal velocity

maximum constant speed an object reaches when falling through a fluid

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what is resultant force downward in viscous fluid

weight - viscous force

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what is non-unifrom motion

when acceleration is initially gravity but decreases to zero with time

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what is upthrust or bouyancy dependent on

fluid density

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what is resultant force downward when talking about buoyancy

weight - (upthrust + visvous force)

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how is resultant force during terminal velocity with upthrust / buoyancy

weight = upthrust + viscous force