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P8: Forces In Balance Flashcards

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What is distance ?

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  • How far an object moves
  • does not involve direction
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What is displacement?

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  • includes boththe distance of an object moves
  • measured in a striaght line from the start to the finish point of the direction of the straight line
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What is magnitude?

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The size of the quantity

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What are scalars?

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The physical quantity that have size/ magnitude but have no direction

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What are vectors?

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Physical quantities that have size/magnitude and direction

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How to clarify a distance and displacement as scalar and vector?

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Distance is a scalar quantity

Displacement is a vector quantity

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What is the equation for speed?

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Speed=distance/time

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What is the equation for velocity?

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Velocity= displacement/time

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What is the equation for force?

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Force= mass x acceleration

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What are examples of scalar quantities?

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  • length
  • area
  • volume
  • speed
  • mass
  • density
  • pressure
  • temp
  • energy
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What are examples of vector quantities?

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  • displacement
  • velocity
  • acceleration
  • momentum
  • force
  • lift
  • drag
  • thrust
  • weight
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What are contact forces?

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When two onjects must touch to interact

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What are non-contact force?

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When two objects exert a force on each other when they are not touching

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What is a force?

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  • Forces are what make objects move
  • e.g when you kick a football your foot is applying force to the ball
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What is force measured in?

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Newtons (N)

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What happens when the forces are balanced?

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The resultant force is zero

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What is the difference between mass and weight?

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Mass:

  • measured of how many particles there are in your body

Weight:

  • measure of the pull of gravity on your body
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What is weight?

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The gravitational forve with which the earth attracts the masses towards the centre

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What is upthrust ?

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An object partly or completely submerged in greater pressure on its bottom surface of it top surface

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What is friction?

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Force that resists the sliding or rolling of one solid object over another

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What is air ressitance?

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A kind of friction that ocurs between air and another object

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What is reaction?

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A force that acts in the opposite direction to an action force

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What is thrust?

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The force which makes an object move

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What is resultant force?

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Is a signle force that describes all the forces operating on an object

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What is balanced forced?

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If the object is stationary it will remain

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What is unbalanced forced?

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The force applied in one direction is greater than the force applied in the opposite direction

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What is the centre of mass?

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A position defined relative to an object or system of object

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