FORCE

EMMANUEL DELA CRUZ

 FORCE IS A
PUSH OR PULL

Forces can cause an object to

move, change speed, change
direction, change shape, or stop.
Cannot be seen but
the effect can be seen.
Measured in Newtons (N)
When you drop your
pencil, gravity is pulling
it to the ground.
When you are walking around,
your feet are pushing down on
to the ground
 NET FORCE
The size of all the forces acting on an object

* If two forces acting on an object are in the SAME direction, you

ADD the forces together.

*If two forces acting on an object are in the OPPOSITE direction,

you SUBTRACT the forces.
N = 500N – 450N
= 50N to the right
BALANCED
FORCES
• Forces that cancel each other out.
• Net Force = ZERO
• There is no change in motion.
 UNBALANCED FORCES

• When forces acting on an

object do not cancel out
• Net Force ≠ ZERO
• Produce a change in motion
FORCES THAT ACTS
AGAINST MOTION

If you kick a soccer ball

on a grass, what will
start to slow it down?
 FRICTION
• The enemy of motion
• A force occurs when two objects rub against each other
• Always acts in the direction opposite to the direction of motion
• Will slow the motion of an object or stop it
 GRAVITY
• An invisible downward force that pulls
objects toward each other. Earth's gravity is
what keeps you on the ground and what
makes things fall.
• LAW OF GRAVITATIONAL FORCE:
The force of gravity depends on the distance
between the objects and their masses
MASS
The amount of matter in an object

WEIGHT
Measure of the force of gravity on an
object
Air resistance slows objects down
An object’s weight can change
from its weight to the Earth
from the moon, but its mass
would stay the same
Your weight on the
Moon is 16.5% what you
would experience on
Earth. In other words, if
you weighed 100 kg on
Earth, you would weigh
a mere 16.5 kg on the
Moon