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What is the force diagram for this ball when it first starts to fall?
Forces are measured in newtons (N)
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weight
weight Upthrust is the upwards force on the fish caused by the water around the fish. This is sometimes called buoyancy. Thrust is the forwards force created by the fish.
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friction
weight
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Identifying forces
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The motion of the object will depend on the resultant force. This is calculated by adding all the forces together, taking their direction into account.
50 N
30 N
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What is friction?
What is friction and why is it an important force?
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What is friction?
Friction is a resistive force that slows things down and tries to stop objects sliding past each other.
friction
pulling force
Friction always acts in the opposite direction to which an object is moving or trying to move.
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Even objects that appear very smooth, such as polished metal or ice, have a rough surface if viewed under a microscope.
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Friction caused by an object moving through a liquid, such as water, is called drag.
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Vehicles are specially shaped, or streamlined, to enable air to flow past them as easily as possible, therefore reducing air resistance. Which of these cars is the most streamlined?
In a similar way, ships and boats have streamlined hulls to reduce the drag effects of water.
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This forms the basis of Newtons first law of motion, which states: If the forces on an object are balanced, the object will continue to do what it is already doing:
if the object is stationary, it will remain stationary if the object is moving, it will continue to move at the same speed and in the same direction.
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This forms the basis of Newtons second law of motion, which states:
If the forces on an object are unbalanced, two things about the object can change: the speed of the object may change it may either increase or decrease
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f = mxa
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F = ma calculations
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reaction force
These forces are balanced so the computer does not move. What forces are acting on Mel as she works at her computer?
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This forms the basis of Newtons third law of motion states, which states: If object A exerts a force on object B, then object B exerts an equal but opposite force on object A.
These pairs of forces that act between two objects are sometimes called actionreaction pairs.
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Actionreaction pairs
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Glossary (2/2) resultant force A single force that has the same effect
as all the forces acting on an object added together.
Anagrams
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Multiple-choice quiz
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