Introduction
We started going to our field trip destination when the school bus started slowing down. It has ran out of gas! So we start pushing the bus to a near gas station, what do we do now?
Task
Go to each link, read then answer the following questions.
Process
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/u2l1a.cfm
1. Explain Law of Inertia in your own words
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/newtlaws/il.cfm
2. Watch the truck and ladder animation. What is another name for Newton’s First Law?
3. What do people wear in cars to protect themselves against this law?
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/law3.html
4. For every force there is one that is _________ in size but ______________ in direction.
5. In a rocket what creates the initial action?
6. In the rocket what is the equal and opposite reaction?
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isaac-Newton
7. When was he born?
8. When did he die?
9. What did he discover in mechanics?
10. What did he discover in mathematics?
11. What was one of the most important single works in the history of modern science?
12. if the forces are balanced the acceleration will be...
13. on which two factors does the acceleration depend on?
14. what is the equation for the 2nd law?
Credits
Teacher Page
1. Explain Law of Inertia in your own words
an object will remain at rest or move at a constant speed in a straight line unless it is acted on by an unbalanced force.
2. Watch the truck and ladder animation. What is another name for Newton’s First Law?
Law of Inertia
3. What do people wear in cars to protect themselves against this law?
seat belt
4. For every force there is one that is _________ in size but ______________ in direction.
equal opposite
5. In a rocket what creates the initial action?
engines
6. In the rocket what is the equal and opposite reaction?
rocket pushed on he ground and the ground pushed back with equal force
7. When was he born?
December 25, 1642
8. When did he die?
January 4, 1643
9. What did he discover in mechanics?
the 3 laws of motion
10. What did he discover in mathematics?
calculus
11. What was one of the most important single works in the history of modern science?
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy)
12. if the forces are balanced the acceleration will be...
zero
13. on which two factors does the acceleration depend on?
net force and mass
14. what is the equation for the 2nd law?
F net = M x a