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P5 Forces Flashcards

1
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What is force?

A

Vector quantity (have a magnitude and a direction)

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2
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Examples of physical quantities that are vector quantities

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-Force, velocity, displacement, acceleration, momentum

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Examples of physical quantities that only have magnitude and no direction

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Scalar quantities: Speed, distance, mass, temperature, time

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4
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What usually represents a vector?

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  • An arrow
  • The length shows the magnitude
  • The direction shows the direction of the quantity
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5
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Contact force

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Forces that make contact (e.g. pushing something)

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6
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Non contact force

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Forces that don’t make contact (magnetic force, gravitational force)

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7
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What is gravitational force?

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The force of attraction between masses

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8
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Mass

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The amount of ‘stuff’ in an object

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9
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Weight

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The force acting on an object due to gravity

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10
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What affects weight?

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The strength of the gravitational field at the location of the object

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11
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Centre of mass

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A point at which you assume the whole mass is concentrated

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12
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How is weight measured?

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A calibrated spring balance

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13
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Are mass and weight directly proportional?

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Yes

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14
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Weight (N) = ?

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Mass (kg) * GFS (N/kg)

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15
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What is resultant force?

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The overall force on a point or object

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16
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What are parallel forces?

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The forces are all along the same line (you can add and subtract the forces to find the resultant force)

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17
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What is work done in terms of distance and force?

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When a force moves an object through a distance, energy is transferred and work is done on the obejct

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18
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Work done eq (force and distance)

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Force * Distance

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19
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What happens when the resultant force is 0?

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The object is equilibrium (the 3 forces will make a triangle)

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20
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Why should we split forces into simpler components?

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Because some forces are at difficult angles to work with

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21
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Distance

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How far an object has moved (scalar quantity)

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22
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Displacement

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A vector quantity which measures the distance in a straight line from an object’s starting point to finishing point

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23
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Speed

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How fast you are going

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24
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Velocity

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The speed in a given direction

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25
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distance travelled eq (speed and time)

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Distance = speed / time

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26
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Walking speed

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1.5 m/s

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27
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Running speed

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3 m/s

28
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Cycling speed

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6 m/s

29
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Car speed

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25 m/s

30
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Train speed

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30 m/s

31
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Plane speed

A

250 m/s

32
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Acceleration

A

The change in speed in a certain amount of time

33
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Deceleration

A

Negative acceleration

34
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Uniform acceleration

A

The constant accelertaion

35
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uniform acceleration equation

A

v^2 - u^2 = 2as

36
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How to work out speed in distance time graphs

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Gradient

37
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Flat parts on distance time graphs

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Stationary

38
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Straight parts on distance time graphs

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Steady speed

39
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Curves on distance time graphs

A

Represent acceleration and deceleration

40
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Steepening on distance time graphs

A

Speeding up

41
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Levelling off on distance time graphs

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Slowing down

42
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Velocity time graph

A

Shows how an object’s velocity changes as it travels

43
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Gradient on velocity time graph

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Acceleration

44
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Flat sections on velocity time graph

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Travelling at a steady speed

45
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Steeper the gradient on velocity time graphs

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The greater the acceleration or deceleration

46
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Uphill sections on velocity time graphs

A

Acceleration

47
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Downhill sections on velocity time graphs

A

Deceleration

48
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How to work out distance travelled in a time interval in a velocity time graph

A

The area

49
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Friction

A

The opposite force in direction to movement

50
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How to reduce friction

A

Use a lubricant

51
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Drag

A

The resistance you get in a fluid (gas or liquid)

52
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Example of drag

A

Air resistance

53
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What can be done to reduce drag

A

Keeping the shape of the object streamline

54
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Examples of objects that increase drag

A

Parachutes

55
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Terminal velocity

A

When an object has reached its maximum speed and will fall at a steady speed

56
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Why is there terminal velocity?

A
  • Force of gravity is much more than frictional force, therefore the object accelerates
  • As the speed increases, friction builds up
  • This gradually reduces the acceleration until eventually the friction force is zero
57
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What usually affects terminal velocity

A
  • The shape and area of the object

- Objects with large surface areas have lower terminal velocities

58
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Newton’s first law

A
  • If the resultant force on a stationary object is zero, the objects will remain stationary.
  • If the resultant force on a moving object is zero, it’ll just carry on moving at the same velocity
59
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Newtons second law

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Newton’s second law states that the acceleration of an object depends upon two variables – the net force acting on the object and the mass of the object.

60
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Resultant force eq (acceleration and mass)

A

f = m*a

61
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Inertia mass

A

Measures how difficult it is to change the velocity of an object

62
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Inertia mass on newton’s second law

A

The mass (m = f/a)

63
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Newton’s third law

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When 2 objects interact, the forces they exert on each other are equal and opposite

64
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Momentum

A

A vector quantity resultant from mass and velocity

65
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Momentum equation

A

mass (kg) * velocity (m/s)

66
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Conservation of momentum

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The total momentum before the event is the same as after the event in a closed system

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