Physics 5 Flashcards
What force us created when a object is pulled along the ground?
Friction
How can friction be reduced
- Using rollers or wheels
- Having a smooth surface
What are the types of forces
- friction
- weight (gravity)
- upthrust
- magnetic
- electrostatic
- nuclear
- thrust
In what unit are forces measured
N -> newtons
Air resistance and water resistance are forms of….
Drag
When does the drag force increase?
When speed increases
Top speed
The maximum speed a object can go
Energy stores
- kinetic
- chemical
- thermal
- gravitational potential
- elastic potential
- sound
Law of conservation of energy
Energy is never created or destroyed only transferred or stored
Equation of speed
Speed= distance
—————–
time
Mean (average) speed
total distance
———————
total time taken
steep line on distance-time graphs
Means you are travelling quickly
Horizontal line on distance-time graph
Not moving at all
Relative speed
Add= if you are on a train and the train is moving at 50km/h and you move the same direction at 3km/h your relative speed is 53km/h
Subtract= if you are on a train which is moving at 50km/h and you move in the opposite direction at 3km/h your relative speed is 47km/h
Multiply=if two trains are traveling at 50km/h towards each other the are moving at a relative speed of 100km/h
Moment equation
Moment of the force = force x perpendicular distance from pivot
(N m) (N) (m)
Lever
A lever is a long bar that turns around the pivot
Pivot
The point where the object turns
Synonym for pivot
Fulcrum
Rule to move load
The longer the lever the easier it is to move the load
What does the lever do
Acts like a force multiplier if the effort distance is larger than the load distance
In equilibrium
When the forces are balanced
What are most machines used for
Use smaller force to move a object
Name 3 simple machines
- lever
- ramp
- pulley
Why are Ramos efficient
It needs less force to push a object up a ramp than it does to lift it directly