Quarter1:Forces motion and energy

Melc: Investigate the relationship

between the amount of force applied
and the mass of the object to the
amount of change in the object’s
motion
PRE TEST: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Which of the following describes a force? 4. When you move a chair across the floor, what
force must your push be
A. A pull only
stronger than?
B. A push only
A. friction B. magnetic C. normal D. tension
C. A push or pull or both
D. Neither a push nor a pull
5. A 500 N lady sits on the floor. How much force
2. What is the unit of force in metric system?
the floor exerts on her?
A. Calorie B. Joules C. Newtons D. Pounds
A. 50 N B. 250 N C. 500 N D. 1000 N
3. How do forces occur?
A. in pairs
6. Which force always pulls the objects to the
B. in triplets ground?
C. by themselves A. applied
D. as single quantity B. friction
C. gravitational
D. tension
PRE TEST: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.
7. A leaf falls from a tree. What force(s) are acting 9. The Earth has a bigger mass than the Moon. If
on it? you were able to travel to the
A. Air resistance only Moon, what happens to your weight?
B. Gravitational force only A. increases
C. Applied force and air resistance B. decreases
D. Air resistance and gravitational forces C. stays the same
8. When a cabinet touches the floor, which type of D. varies with day and night
forces exist? 10. What is the net force in the figure below?
A. Contact forces A. 1 N, to the left
B. Balanced forces B. 1 N, to the right
C. Non-contact forces C. 11 N, to the left
D. Unbalanced forces D. 11 N, to the right
 OBJECTIVES
1 Define force.
2 Enumerate what force can do to
objects.
3 Appreciate the importance of Force
around us
 WHAT IS
FORCE?
 FORCE
A force is a push or pull in
a particular direction. It
results from an object's
interaction with another
object.
 Pulling is the force
you exert to move
something closer to
you. When you pull a
block, it moves toward
you.
 The opposite of pulling is
pushing. Pushing is the force
you exert to move something
away from you. When you
push a block, it moves away
from you.
 t i on
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Q

What can force do?

 A FORCE CAN
MAKE THE
OBJECT MOVE.
An ice hockey player uses a
force to move the hockey
puck.
 A FORCE CAN
CHANGE THE
DIRECTION OF A
MOVING OBJECT.
A volleyball player uses a
force to move the ball in a
different direction.
 A FORCE CAN
MAKE A MOVING
OBJECT TO SPEED
UP.

A cyclist uses a bigger force

to pedal her bicycle and
increase its speed.
 A FORCE CAN
STOP A MOVING
OBJECT.

A baseball player uses a force

to catch the ball and stop it
from moving.
 A FORCE CAN
CHANGE THE
PROPERTY OF A
MATERIAL.
A baker uses a force to
change the shape and
consistency of his mixture.
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Q

What are the two main

categories of forces?
 TWO
CATEGORIES
OF FORCES
There are two main
categories of forces —
contact forces and non-
contact forces.
Contact forces result from two objects touching
each other.

dribbling a kicking a soccer hitting a

basketball ball shuttlecock
Non-contact forces act on an object without coming
into contact with another object.

gravitational magnetic electrostatic

force force force
 MAGNETIC
FORCE
Magnetic force is a force
that attracts or repels
magnetic objects. It is the
push or pull exerted by a
magnet.
GRAVITATIONAL
FORCE
Gravitational force is the force
by which an object attracts
another object towards itself. The
Earth pulls objects towards itself
due to its gravitational force.
ELECTROSTATIC
FORCE
Electrostatic force is the
force that exists between
electrically charged
particles.
 CHECK FOR
UNDERSTANDING
What is force?

What can force do?

What are examples of the two main

categories of forces?