FRICTION AND GRAVITY

A. What is a force

1. A ________ or a ________ on an object in a particular ________.

2. Force through CONTACT:

a. Virtually all actions require _______________

3. ________ FORCES

b. Does not require contact:

4. Forces are measured in _________________________

B. GRAVITY

1. An _____________ force that exists between _________________ objects that have ______________.

C. WEIGHT VS MASS

1. Weight:

a. Is the ________ ________ exerted on an object

b. Your weight is actually a force measured in ________.

D. Gravity and Air Resistance

1. Most objects falling through air experience a type of ________ friction called ________ ________.

2. ________ ________ is ________ the same for all objects.

3. The ________ the ________ ________ of the object the ________ the ________ ________.

4. However, since the elephant has more ________, it has more ________ force of ________ and falls
__________________.

E. Gravity and Free Fall

1. An object is in ________ ________

a. When the only force acting on the object is ________.

2. ________ ________ objects do not encounter ________ ________.

3. In ________ ________, the force of gravity is an ________ force.

4. Take away ALL ________, so that only the force of________ is being used.

F. Calculating Free Fall

1. All objects in free fall accelerate at the same rate – 9.8 m/s² - regardless of their mass.
a. in one second = 9.8 m/s²
 b. in two seconds = 19.6 m/s²
c. in three seconds = 29.4 m/s²
d. in four seconds = ________
2. The velocity continues to increase as the object falls.

G. Universal Gravitation

1. The law of universal gravitation states that the force of ____________ acts between ____________
objects in the ___________________.

H. WHAT IS FRICTION?

1. Friction is a force that ________ the motion of ________ ________ that are ________.

2. When a moving object comes in ________ with another object, friction is the ________ force that slows
or stops the moving object.

3. Without friction, an object would ________ to move at ________ ________ forever.

4. The strength of the force of friction ________________ on the type of ______________ and how hard
the ________________ push together.

5. _________________ surfaces produce _________________ friction than ___________________

surfaces.

I. Types of Friction

1. *Static.. ________ objects sliding

2. *Sliding...resists objects while they are ________

3. *Rolling …When an object ________ over the surface

4. *Fluid… ________ or ________

5. Sliding Friction

a. A ________ to ________ that is created when two things ________ together.

6. Rolling Friction

a. A ________ to ________ that is created when one object ________ over another.

7. Fluid Friction

a. The force that tries to ________ objects down when they move through a ________ or a
________. It's also known as “________ ", or “________ ________ ".

b. All ________ and ________ s are fluid.

c. An bat and a swimmer both experience ________ ________.