P10,P11 Flashcards
Explain what happens to a falling object in terms of speed and friction
- To start with, the force of gravity is more than the frictional force so it accelerates
- As the speed increases, the friction also increases gradually, reducing the acceleration until the frictional force is equal to the accelerating force so the resultant force is zero
What does terminal velocity depend on in terms of the type of object?
Shape and area
What is the accelerating force acting on all objects and what would happen without it?
- Gravity
- On the Moon, where there is no air resistance, bricks and feathers dropped simultaneously will hit the ground together. This is because there is no frictional force acting on the objects.
What is required to make something start moving, speed up or slow down?
A resultant force
What will a non-zero resultant force produce?
Acceleration or deceleration in the direction of the force
What is the unit used for momentum?
kg m/s
kilogram metres per second
In a closed system, what can be said about the momentum before and after a collision?
The total momentum before is equal to the total momentum afterwards.
What quantity is equal to the force experienced in a collision?
The rate of change of momentum
Explain how a seatbelt improves a passenger’s safety during a collision
- Passengers must decelerate from the vehicle’s velocity at impact to zero, meaning they undergo a fixed change of momentum
- The force they experience is equal to the rate of change of momentum
- Seatbelts increase the time over which the force is applied, reducing the rate of change of momentum and thereforce reducing the force applied, resulting in fewer injuries
If a car travelling at a velocity of +10m/s suddenly turns around and continues at the same speed, what is its new velocity?
-10m/s
What is the name for the pulling force that a string or cable exerts when something or someone pulls on it?
Tension
What does a curved line show on a speed-time graph?
- a curved line shows that an object is accelerating or decelerating at a rate that is not constant
Unit for acceleration
m/s2
When will an object topple?
When its centre of mass is located outside its base
What is the resultant force on a stationary object?
0
At least how many forces must be acting on an object to stretch, bend or compress it?
2
What property of a spring does the spring constant represent?
Stiffness
In context of springs, what is extension?
The change in length of a spring when a force is applied
What does the area under the force-extension graph represent?
Elastic potential energy
Which symbol is used to denote the acceleration due to gravity?
g