
Newton's First Law
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Caitlin Irwin
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Newton's First Law
Or "The Law of Inertia"
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Review - Balancing Forces
We began the unit talking about applied forces and gravity.
Many other forces can affect an object's motion, often by acting in the opposite direction.
Normal forces push back against gravity.
Friction and drag push back against motion.
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Labelling
Match the force to the letters.
Drag
Friction
Normal
Gravity
Applied
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Dropdown
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Drag and Drop
her
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Dropdown
Both drag and friction act opposite to
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Dropdown
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Categorize
Opposite to Gravity
On the ground
In the air
A ball sitting on a shelf
A ball rolling on the groun
A ball flying through the air
A plane parked on the runway
A plane driving on the runway
A plane flying through the clouds
A kite caught in a tree
A kite dragged along the sidewalk
A kite blown by the wind
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Dropdown
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Review - Why care about balancing forces?
When two or more forces act on an object, they combine to make a net force.
When the net force = 0 N, the forces are balanced, and motion will not change.
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Multiple Choice
Darius pulls his book across the table to his right.
Friction will pull his book ____.
Up
Down
Left
Right
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Multiple Choice
Which direction will the object move?
Left
Right
It won't move
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Multiple Choice
Which direction will the object move?
Left
Right
It won't move
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Newton's First Law
Objects at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
Objects in motion will continue at the same speed and in the same direction, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
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Multiple Choice
What kind of forces can change the motion of an object?
Balanced forces
Unbalanced forces
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Multiple Choice
If the net force = 0 N, the forces are ____.
Balanced
Unbalanced
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Multiple Choice
If the net force = 0 N, motion ____.
Will stop
Will not change
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Multiple Choice
An unbalanced force is needed to make an object ___.
Speed up
Slow down
Change direction
All of these
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Dropdown
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Multiple Choice
A ball is sitting still on the grass. Gravity is pulling it down, but the normal force is pushing it up, and the net force is 0 N. What will happen to the ball?
It will stay still
It will start to move
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Multiple Choice
A ball is rolling on the grass. The applied force of the kick was 5 N left,
and the force of friction is 5 N right.
What will happen to the ball?
It will keep moving at a constant speed.
It will speed up.
It will slow down and then stop.
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Multiple Choice
A ball is rolling on the grass. The applied force of the kick was 10 N left, and the force of friction is 5 N right.
What will happen to the ball?
It will keep moving at a constant speed.
It will speed up.
It will slow down and then stop.
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Multiple Choice
A ball is rolling on the grass. The applied force of the kick was 5 N left, and the force of friction is 10 N right.
What will happen to the ball?
It will keep moving at a constant speed.
It will speed up.
It will slow down and then stop.
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Multiple Choice
A parachuter is falling through the air. Gravity pulls at 10 N down, but drag pulls at 5 N up.
What will happen?
The parachuter will fall at a constant speed
The parachuter will fall faster
The parachuter will fall slower
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Multiple Choice
A parachuter is falling through the air. Gravity pulls at 10 N down, but drag pulls at 10 N up.
What will happen?
The parachuter will fall at a constant speed
The parachuter will fall faster
The parachuter will fall slower
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Multiple Choice
A parachuter is falling through the air. Gravity pulls at 10 N down, but drag pulls at 20 N up.
What will happen?
The parachuter will fall at a constant speed
The parachuter will fall faster
The parachuter will fall slower
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Open Ended
Look at the forces acting on the basketball.
Do you think it will speed up, slow down, or fall at the same speed?
"I predict the ball will ___ because ____."
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Law of Inertia
Newton's first law is also called the Law of Inertia.
Inertia means an object will keep doing what it was doing.
An object that was moving will keep moving. An object that is still will stay still.
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Multiple Choice
Newton's first law is also called the Law of ___.
Forces
Inertia
the Land
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Multiple Choice
___ means an object will keep doing what it was doing.
Friction
Gravity
Inertia
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Multiple Choice
Because a still object has inertia, we need ____ to make it move.
An unbalanced force
A balanced force
To convince it to move
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Multiple Choice
You are the passenger in a car. When the car stops suddenly, you keep moving forward because of ____.
Gravity
Inertia
The normal force
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Multiple Choice
You are the passenger in a moving car. How did the driver stop the car?
By applying force to the brakes
By wishing the car would stop
By waiting for the car to stop on its own
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Multiple Choice
Inertia keeps you moving when the car stops suddenly, unless a ____ provides an unbalanced force to stop your motion.
Gust of wind
Seat belt
Helmet
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Inertia and Mass
As mass increases, so does inertia.
It takes a stronger unbalanced force to stop a big moving vehicle than a small one.
It takes a stronger unbalanced force to get a large shelf moving than a small one.
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Multiple Choice
Which object has more inertia?
A real fire truck
A toy fire truck
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Multiple Choice
Which object has more inertia?
A kindergarten student
A teacher
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Multiple Choice
Which object will you need more force to stop?
A car
A skateboard
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Multiple Choice
Which object will you need to push harder to move?
An empty bookshelf
A full bookshelf
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Open Ended
"It is important to wear a seat belt in the car because ___."
Newton's First Law
Or "The Law of Inertia"
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