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FORCESIs gravity real -or does the Earth
just suck?
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What do forces do?Make things ---- move move faster move slower change directionalsochange shape
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Big and Little forces
We can measure forcesUsing a forcemeter
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Sir Isaac Newton
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Which fruit ?
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Newton?
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Gravity is a force
When gravity pulls something towards the Earth -
- we call this force the weight.
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Forces are measured in
NewtonsWeight of an apple = about 1
Newton
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Let’s play
a game !
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Results
Measurement in Newtons A B C
Predicted
Real
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Forcemeters
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Now another game!
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Lifting a ping pong ball.
straw
Suck !
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ping pong ball falling
The arrow represents the force of gravity
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The ball does not fall when your sucking force = force of gravity
straw
Suck
gravity
How have I shown this ?
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Which diagram shows the sucking force equal to the force of gravity?
straw
Suck
gravity
straw
Suck
gravity
straw
Suck
gravity
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The ball does not fall when your upward force = force of gravity
straw
Suck
gravity
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Gravity down under
People do not fall off the Earth
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two objects dropped at the same time
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On the Moon – Apollo 15
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/featherdrop_sound.mov
A heavy geological hammer and a falcon feather were dropped from the same height. They hit the lunar surface at the same time.
astronaut David Scott
NASA pictures
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Hippo jump
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Hippo jump
Force of gravity
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Saved?
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Hippo is still falling quickly
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Hippo is still falling quickly
but not getting faster
How do we know?
Force of gravity
air resistance
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How can we slow Hippo down?
What can you change?
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Launching a satellite
The cannon ball must move very quickly to orbit the earth.
The Moon orbits the Earth
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The Moon
The Earth
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The Moon
The Earth
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On the Moon
NASA pictures
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Very heavy boots- Why?Answers? No gravity on the Moon Weightless on the Moon To stop them floating away They weigh very much less than on Earth To stop huge bounces The Moon’s gravity is very much less than
the Earth’s gravity
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Weightless?
or are they?
(NASA pictures)
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apparently weightless(pictures or animation only –not a demonstration)
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GRAVITY Things fall
Things have weight
Things stay in place
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No Gravity Would an apple fall? Would things stay on earth? What would happen?
What? Why? How? keep asking questions -like Newton !