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Competency #1
Explain motion using force diagrams and Newton's three (3) laws of motion...
Help Sheets:
- Gravity and Distance: Open as Word (.doc), Adobe PDF (.pdf), Webpage (.html)
- Force Diagrams: Open as Word (.doc), Adobe PDF (.pdf), Webpage (.html)
- Net Force Practice: Open as Word (.doc), Adobe PDF (.pdf)
- Answers to Net Force Practice: Open as Word (.doc), Adobe PDF (.pdf)
- Net Force and Acceleration Practice: Open as Word (.doc), Adobe PDF (.pdf)
- Answers to Net Force and Acceleration Practice: Open as Word (.doc), Adobe PDF (.pdf)
- Third Law: Open as Word (.doc), Adobe PDF (.pdf), Webpage (.html)
External Links:
Shown below are a few links, but please explore other pages within the Glenbrook site, as there is a lot of good information there!
The difference between mass and weight:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grWG_U4sgS8 (Eureka video)
Forces:
Drawing Force Diagrams (Free Body Diagrams):
Net Force:
1st Law:
2nd Law:
3rd Law:
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http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/newtlaws/u2l4a.cfm
(The definition in our Hewitt textbook is better than this, but there are good examples)
Free Fall and Acceleration due to gravity:
The following are useful for understanding position, velocity, and acceleration graphs:
Position versus Time Graphs:
Velocity versus Time Graphs:
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