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Edexcel Specification
Section 1: Forces and motion c) Forces, movement, shape and momentum describe the effects of forces between bodies such as changes in speed, shape or direction identify different types of force such as gravitational or electrostatic distinguish between vector and scalar quantities understand that force is a vector quantity find the resultant force of forces that act along a line understand that friction is a force that opposes motion describe experiments to investigate how extension varies with applied force for helical springs, metal wires and rubber bands understand that the initial linear region of a force-extension graph is associated with Hookes law describe elastic behaviour as the ability of a material to recover its original shape after the forces causing deformation have been removed.
Force
newtonmeters A force is a push or a pull. A force can cause an object to: speed up slow down change direction change shape
2. Normal reaction or contact This is the repulsive force that stops two touching bodies moving into each other. The word normal means that this force acts at 90 to the surfaces of the bodies.
weight
The two upward reaction forces on the tyres balance the downward weight of the car
3. Friction
This is the force that opposes motion. The kinetic energy of the moving object is converted to heat energy by the force of friction.
5. Upthrust
This is the force experienced by objects when they are placed into a fluid (liquid or gas). An object will float on a liquid if the upthrust force equals its weight.
A hot air balloon rises when the upthrust from the surrounding air is greater than the balloons weight.
6. Magnetic
Between magnets but also the force that allows electric motors to work.
7. Electrostatic
Attractive and repulsive forces due to bodies being charged.
Electrostatic force causes the girls hair to rise when they touch the Van der Graaff generator.
contact force occurs when There are many types of force. ________ two bodies touch each other.
motion of one body opposes the _______ Friction is a force that _______ attractive forces relative to another. It is caused by the _________ molecules between ___________. WORD SELECTION: newtons opposes accelerate force attractive motion
molecules contact
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Representing Vectors
An arrowed straight line is used.
The arrow indicates the direction and the length of the line is proportional to the magnitude.
Displacement 50m EAST
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Addition of vectors
4N object 6N 4N
object
6N resultant = 10N
object The original vectors are called COMPONENT vectors. The final overall vector is called the RESULTANT vector. 4N object 6N object 6N 4N
resultant = 2N
object
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Resultant force
A number of forces acting on a body may be replaced by a single force which has the same effect on the body as the original forces all acting together. This overall force is called resultant force. In the example opposite, 5N is the resultant force of the 3N and 2N forces. 5N 3N
2N
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3N
4N 1N
3.
3N
4.
6N 4N
5. 4N
4N 7N
2N
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In the direction the object is moving In the opposite direction in which the object is moving
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Examples 1 & 2
The box will move when the mans push force is greater than the friction force.
The plane will accelerate provided that the engine force is greater than the drag force.
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Examples 3 & 4
The brakes exert a resultant force in the opposite direction to the cars motion causing the car to decelerate.
Once released, the glider moves at a near constant velocity as it experiences a nearly zero horizontal resultant force.
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WORD SELECTION:
number rest direction zero opposite velocity accelerate resultant
Changing shape
Force can change the shape of an object.
Brittle materials such as glass do not change shape easily and break before noticeably stretching.
Resilient materials do not break easily.
Elastic materials return to their original shape when the forces on them are removed. Plastic materials retain their new shape.
Stretching Springs
Experimental procedure: 1. Place the weight holder only on the spring and note the position of the pin against the metre rule. 2. Add 1N (100g) to the holder and note the new position of the pin. 3. Calculate the extension of the spring. 4. Repeat stages 1 to 3 for 2N, 3N, 4N, 5N and 6N. DO NOT EXCEED 6N.
spring
weights
Typical results
Pin position with holder only (mm) Added weight or Force (N) Pin position with weight (mm) Extension (mm)
450
480
30
450
450 450
2
3 4
509
541 570
59
91 120
450
450
5
6
601
629
151
179
Extension (mm)
Hookes law
Hookes law states that the extension of a spring is proportional to the force used to stretch the spring. Proportional means that if the force is doubled then the extension also doubles. The line on a graph of force against extension will be a straight AND go through the origin.
Question
A spring of original length 150mm is extended by 30mm by a force of 4N. Calculate the length of the spring if a force of 12N is applied. 12N is three times 4N Therefore the new extension should be 3 x 30mm = 90mm New spring length = 150mm + 90mm = 240mm
Elastic limit
Up to a certain extension if the force is removed the spring will return to its original length. The spring is behaving elastically. If this critical extension is exceeded, known as the elastic limit, the spring will be permanently stretched. Hookes law is no longer obeyed by the spring if its elastic limit is exceeded.
The right hand spring has been stretched beyond its elastic limit
elastic limit
0 0
Extension (mm)
0 0 Extension
A ________ rubber band does not obey Hookes law. A graph illustrating Hookes law will have a line that is straight origin ___________ and passes through the _______.
WORD SELECTION: stretched elastic permanently extension origin force rubber straight
Online Simulations
Effect of forces on motion using a space module Freezeray.com Force combination balloon game - eChalk Electric & Magnetic Forces - 'Whys Guy' Video Clip (3:30mins) - Shows Charged Balloon & Effect of a magnet on a TV screen. Resultant of two forces - Fendt Forces on objects immersed in liquids - NTNU BBC KS3 Bitesize Revision: What is a force Balanced forces Unbalanced forces BBC AQA GCSE Bitesize Revision: Resultant force Types of forces Vector Addition - PhET - Learn how to add vectors. Drag vectors onto a graph, change their length and angle, and sum them together. The magnitude, angle, and components of each vector can be displayed in several formats. Representing vectors - eChalk Vectors & Scalars - eChalk Vector addition - eChalk Vector Chains - eChalk Fifty-Fifty Game on Vectors & Scalars - by KT Microsoft WORD Vector addition - Explore Science Stretching Springs - PhET - A realistic mass and spring laboratory. Hang masses from springs and adjust the spring stiffness and damping. You can even slow time. Transport the lab to different planets. A chart shows the kinetic, potential, and thermal energy for each spring.
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