 Velocity differs from speed in that we also know the direction of the moving object.  Velocity is both speed and direction.  Velocity is a vector quantity.  Speed is a scalar quantity.  Constant speed doesn’t mean constant velocity… the opposite is true though.

FORCE = Any push or pull which can cause something to move (change its speed or direction)

 A change in position in relation to an object.

 A moving sidewalk is going forward at 10m/s. If you are at rest in the airport what would you measure the velocity of a person on the sidewalk to be if the person is  a) standing still on the sidewalk?  b) walking with a speed of 2 m/s forwards?  c) walking with a speed of 2 m/s backwards?  What would the person on the sidewalk measure your velocity to be if they aren’t walking on the sidewalk?  If you are on another moving sidewalk traveling the same direction at 10m/s what would you measure the velocity of the person to be if neither one of you are walking on the sidewalk?  If you are on another moving sidewalk traveling the opposite direction at 10 m/s what would you measure the velocity of the person to be if neither one of you is walking on the sidewalk?

 An object or point from which motion is determined.  The most common frame of reference is

ARISTOTLE GALILEO  Greek scientist (Born 384 BCE)  Natural motion  Unnatural motion  Believed that it was “natural” for heavy objects to fall faster than light objects  Motion continues so long as there is only an applied motion (force) to an object. Removing the motion (force) stops the object.  Aristotle’s ideas lasted almost 2000 years…  Italian scientist ( CE).  Leaning Tower of Pisa  Said that a force is required to change the motion of an object  1 st scientist to formulate idea of inertia

Inertia A property of matter The tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion The greater the mass the greater the inertia The greater the speed the greater the inertia

 Sir Isaac Newton ( )  Mathematician and physicist  Discovered many things:  Laws of motion  Optics  Gravity  Calculus

Newton’s first law of motion The Law of Inertia An object at rest... and an object in motion... at... unless acted upon...

An object in motion stays in motion at constant velocity An object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an outside force. Describe where the outside force is and how it changes the motion Describe how the object is not affected by an outside force or

Physics of elevatorsBombs away!Dropping a bomb

Forces are vector quantities with direction Balanced forces are equal in size and opposite in direction Unbalanced forces are not equal in size and/or opposite in direction. Free body diagrams are used to show all forces acting on an object

 Sum of all the forces on an object (  F)  It is the net force that changes the state of motion of an object. 5 N 10 N 15 N 0 N is the same as Net Force 5 N

 Net force on each box? ΣF = 15 N ΣF = -9 N

 A body can have many forces acting on it and still have a zero net force. And no net force means no change in motion!

  F = 0 when an object is at a constant velocity (stopped or moving)  If Σ F = 0 then there is no “outside force” so no change in motion

 Equilibrium for an object at rest  Object hanging from spring scale  Book on table:  Support or normal force

 Objects traveling at constant velocity have  F = 0 because of Newton’s 1 st law – an outside force is needed to change the motion of an object  Computer simulation Computer simulation

 When the pellet fired into the spiral tube emerges, which path will it follow? (Neglect gravity).

 When the ball at the end of the string swings to its lowest point, the string is cut by a sharp razor.  Which path will the ball then follow?

 Correct your friend who says, "The race-car driver rounded the curve at a constant velocity of 100 km/h."  If a huge bear were chasing you, its enormous mass would be very threatening. But if you ran in a zigzag pattern, the bear's mass would be to your advantage. Why?  Consider a ball at rest in the middle of a toy wagon. When the wagon is pulled forward, the ball rolls against the back of the wagon. Interpret this observation in terms of Newton's first law.  Push a shopping cart and it moves. When you stop pushing, it comes to rest. Does this violate Newton's law of inertia? Defend your answer.

 Consider a pair of forces, one having a magnitude of 20 N, and the other 12 N. What maximum net force is possible for these two forces? What is the minimum net force possible?  The sketch shows a painting staging in mechanical equilibrium. The person in the middle weighs 250 N, and the tensions in each rope are 200 N. What is the weight of the staging?  A different staging that weighs 300 N supports two painters, one 250 N and the other 300 N. The reading in the left scale is 400 N. What is the reading in the right hand scale?

 Nellie Newton hangs at rest from the ends of the rope as shown. How does the reading on the scale compare to her weight?  If you toss a coin straight upward while riding in a train, where does the coin land when the motion of the train is uniform along a straight-line track? When the train slows while the coin is in the air? When the train is turning?

 If the speedometer of a car reads a constant speed of 50 km/hr, can you say that the car has a constant velocity?  A space probe may be carried by a rocket into outer space. What keeps the probe going after the rocket no longer pushes it?  Why do you lurch forward in a bus that suddenly slows? Why do you lurch backward when it picks up speed?  When a car moves along the highway at constant velocity, the net force on it is zero. Why, then, do you continue running your engine?  As you stand at rest on a floor, does the floor exert an upward force against your feet? If so, what exactly is this force?

 Harry the painter swings year after year from his bosun's chair. His weight is 500 N and the rope, unknown to him, has a breaking point of 300 N. Why doesn't the rope break when he is supported as shown at the left above? One day Harry is painting near a flagpole, and, for a change, he ties the free end of the rope to the flagpole instead of to his chair as shown at the right. Why did Harry end up taking his vacation early?  A horizontal force of 100 N pushes a box across a floor at a constant speed.  What is the net force acting on the box?  What is the force of friction on the box?