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5. Forces Flashcards

1
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What is a scalar?

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Quantities that are fully described by magnitude or size

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What are vectors?

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Quantities that are fully described by both a magnitude and direction

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What is distance?

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A scalar quantity that refers to ‘how much ground an object has covered’

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What is displacement?

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A vector quantity that refers to ‘how far out of place an object is’

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What is magnitude?

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Size

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How can vectors be drawn?

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Using arrows

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Is time a vector or scalar quantity?

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scalar

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Is force a vector or scalar quantity?

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Vector

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Is friction a vector or scalar quantity?

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Vector

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Is weight a vector or scalar quantity?

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Vector

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Is displacement a vector or scalar quantity?

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Vector

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Is distance a vector or scalar quantity?

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Scalar

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Is density a vector or scalar quantity?

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Scalar

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Is energy a vector or scalar quantity?

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Scalar

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Is frequency a vector or scalar quantity?

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Scalar

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Is mass a vector or scalar quantity?

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Scalar

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Is power a vector or scalar quantity?

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Scalar

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Is voltage a vector or scalar quantity?

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Scalar

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Is volume a vector or scalar quantity?

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Scalar

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What is the gradient on a distance-time graph?

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Velocity

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What is the gradient on a velocity-time graph?

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Acceleration

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What is the area under a velocity-time graph?

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The distance

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What is acceleration?

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When an object speeds up or changes direction

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What is the total area underneath a velocity-time graph?

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The total distance travelled

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25
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What is the unit of force?

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Newtons, N

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26
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Examples of contact forces?

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  • Friction
  • Air / Water resistance (drag)
  • Normal contact (reaction)
  • Tension
  • Upthrust
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Examples of non-contact forces?

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  • Gravity
  • Magnetic
  • Electrostatic
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What happens when the resultant force on an object is zero?

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The object remains stationary or continues to move at a constant speed and in the same direction.

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29
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What is enersher?

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The idea that without an unbalanced force, nothing will change in terms of speed, direction etc.

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30
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What is Newton’s 1st law of motion?

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An object will remain at rest or at a constant velocity unless there is a resultant force acting on it.

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31
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What is Newton’s 2nd law of motion?

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The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the resultant force and inversely proportional to the objects mass.

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32
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What equation shows Newtons 2nd law of motion?

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F = m a

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33
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What is Newton’s 3rd law of motion?

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If object A exerts a force on object B, then object B exerts a force on object A which is equal and opposite.

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34
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How is inertial mass defined?

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By the ratio of force over acceleration

if an object is more inert then it’s harder to move

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35
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What is thinking distance proportional to?

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Speed

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36
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What is braking distance proportional to?

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Speed2

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37
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What is thinking distance?

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The distance travelled during reaction time.

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38
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What is braking distance?

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The distance travelled while the brakes are applied.

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39
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Why does thinking distance increase?

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  • the speed increases

* the reaction time increases eg. tiredness, distraction, taken drugs / alcohol

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40
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When does braking distance increase?

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If the initial speed increases or if the size of deceleration is less.

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41
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How is thinking distance decreased?

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Friction reduced - wet roads, worn tyres or brakes

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42
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How is braking distance decreased?

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Larger mass of car (more inertia means its harder to stop)

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43
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How is thinking distance shown on a graph?

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Area of the rectangle underneath the graph

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44
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How is braking distance shown on a graph?

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Area of the triangle underneath the graph

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45
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Typical speed of walking?

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1.5 m/s

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46
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Typical speed of running?

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12 m/s

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47
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Typical speed of driving?

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20 m/s

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48
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Typical speed of flying?

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200 m/s

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49
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Speed of sound in air?

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3x10 squared

50
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Speed of light?

A

3x10 to the 8

51
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What is the weight of an object?

A

The force of gravity on it

52
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How to convert from Kg to N?

53
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When does an object reach constant velocity?

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When the drag force is equal and opposite to its weight

54
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What is terminal velocity?

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When an object reaches a constant velocity because the drag force is equal and opposite to its weight

55
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What happens to the drag force when an object is released in a fluid before its terminal velocity?

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The drag force is less than its weight before it reachers terminal velocity

56
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What happens to acceleration when an object is released in a fluid after its terminal velocity?

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It is equal to zero

57
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What happens to the resultant force on an object released in a fluid initially?

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The resultant force is equal to its weight, initally

58
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When an object is falling, what does it initially accelerate at?

59
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What are plastic objects?

A

Objects that do not regain their original shape when the forces deforming it are removed

60
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What are elastic objects?

A

An object that regains its original shape when the forces deforming it are removed

It stores elastic potential energy when work is done on the object

61
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Does an elastic collision lose kinetic energy?

62
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What does Hooke’s law state?

A

That the extension of a spring is in direct proportion with the force applied to it

63
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What is the spring extension?

A

New length - original length

64
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What does hooke’s law only apply to?

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Elastic materials

65
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What happens to a spring if the force added on the spring is larger?

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It not longer obeys hooke’s law and does not return to its original length

66
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What is elastic limit?

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The limit of proportionality (when hooke’s law no longer applies)

67
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What is stopping distance?

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Thinking distance + braking distance

68
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What are the two SUVAT equations?

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v = u + at

v2 = u2 - 2as

69
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What are the two ways of increasing the turning effect of a force?

A
  • increase the size of the force

* increase the distance from the pivot

70
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What is the turning effect of a force called?

71
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What is the equation to calculate the size of a moment?

72
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What are moments measured in?

73
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When will a seesaw balance in terms of moments?

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When the anticlockwise moment is equal to the clockwise one

74
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What does the principle of moments state?

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For a balanced object, clockwise moments = anticlockwise moments

75
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What is the centre of mass of an object?

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The point at which the mass may be thought to be concentrated

76
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Where does the centre of mass lie in symmetrical objects?

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Along the line of symmetry

77
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Where will the COM be when an object has more than one line of symmetry?

A

Where the lines of symmetry intersect

78
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Where will the centre of mass be of a suspended object?

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The centre of mass will be directly below the point of suspension

79
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How can the COM of an irregular shape be found?

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  • by hanging the shape from a point and a plumb line is used to draw a vertical line downwards from the pivot
  • this is repeated from different points
80
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What is the stability of an object affected by?

A
  • the width of the base of the object

* the height of it’s centre of mass

81
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When will an object not topple over?

A

When the line of action is within the base

82
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What are the three types of equilibrium when a force is applied to objects?

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  • stable equilibrium - tilts and falls back to original position
  • unstable equilibrium - tilts and falls
  • neutral equilibrium - rolls
83
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What happens to the centre of mass when a stable object is tilted?

A

It is raised

84
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What happens to the centre of mass when an unstable object is tilted?

A

It is lowered

85
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What happens to the centre of mass when a neutral object is tilted?

A

It stays at the same level if pushed

86
Q

What does the pressure of a liquid depend on?

A

The depth and the density

87
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What is the equation for the pressure at a certain depth due to the column of liquid?

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pressure = depth x field strength x density

88
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What is the nature of liquid pressures at different places, but at the same depth?

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The pressure acts in all directions and is the same depth

89
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What is the nature of liquid pressures at different depths?

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The greater depth, the higher the pressure so the water is pushed down with a greater force and has a bigger horizontal range

90
Q

What is a gear?

A

A rotating machine with cogs that mesh with another toothed part to transmit a moment

91
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What do gears act as?

A

A force multiplier

92
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What is a force multiplier?

A

Machines designed to increase the size of the force

93
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What is a distance multiplier?

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Machines designed to increase the distance or speed with which something moves

94
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What effort and load do force multipliers involve?

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  • small effort (input force)

* larger load (output force)

95
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Equation for mechanical advantage?

A

load / effort

96
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Example of a force multiplier?

A

Lever with a distance from pivot to effort 3 times greater than distance from pivot to load - mechanical advantage is 3

97
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How is a bike an example of a distance or speed multiplier?

A

Slow movement of pedals produces a much faster rotation of the wheels

98
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What effort and load do distance multipliers involve?

A
  • small movement of effort

* large movement of load

99
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How is energy shown to be conserved in gears?

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Work done by input gear = Work done by output gear

100
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Why can a machine not be a force and distance multiplier at the same time?

A

As energy is conserved, if force is doubled the distance is halved and vice versa

101
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What are levers used to do?

A

Lift heavy masses with the least amount of effort

102
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What three things can gears do when passing power from one wheel to another?

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  • increase speed - first gear has more teeth than second so second has to turn faster to keep up
  • increase force - second gear has more teeth than first so second turns slower but with more force
  • change direction - when gears mesh they always turn in the opposite direction
103
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In a hydraulic system, a smaller force on the master (effort) piston will produce what force on the slave (load) piston?

A

A larger force as the pressure of the liquid is constant - acting as a force multiplier

104
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What is the ratio of in levers?

105
Q

What is the ratio of in gears?

A

Number of teeth

106
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What is the ratio of in hydraulics?

A

Cross sectional areas

107
Q

Equation for levers?

A

Fb/Fa = Lb/La

108
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Equation for gears?

A

Fb/Fa = Nb/Na

109
Q

Equation for hydraulics?

A

Fb/Fa = Ab/Aa

110
Q

What is the atmosphere?

A

A thin layer of air around the earth

111
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What happens at a greater altitude?

A
  • the less dense the atmosphere

* the lower the atmospheric pressure

112
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Why is the atmospheric pressure lower at greater altitudes?

A
  • at higher altitudes there is less air above a surface
  • so there is a smaller weight of air acting on the surface
  • p=F/A and F is reduced so p will be smaller
113
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How is upthrust created?

A

When the bottom surface of an object is submerged in a liquid it experiences a greater pressure than the top surface

114
Q

When does an object float?

A

When its weight = upthrust / weight of fluid displaced

115
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What is upthrust equal to?

A

The weight of the liquid displaced

116
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What is the equation for momentum?

A

Mass x velocity

117
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What is momentum measured in?

118
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Why will a ball be harder to stop if it has a large mass and moving at a high speed?

A

There will be a greater force exerted on the person’s hands by the ball. They will have to exert an equal and opposite force on the ball to stop it

119
Q

What happens to momentum in a collusion of explosion?

A

Momentum is conserved, provided that there are no external forces having an effect

120
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What are the external forces that could have an effect on momentum?

A
  • friction which decreases momentum

* gravity (e.g. a collision on a slope)

121
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What does force equal in terms of the change in momentum?

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Force = change in momentum / time taken

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