Force

CONCEPTS

The difference between mass and weight

The effect of a force. ( a force is a push, pull or twist) It can alter how a body moves (direction/velocity) or its shape

Types of force: gravity force, contact force, friction force, magnetic, electrostatic, muscular, centripetal.

How they act and the direction of action (see syllabus)

Gravity force varies in space and on the Earth

Force is measure in Newtons. (1kg weighs 10N (approx))

Inertia

The coefficient of friction

 

LESSONS

Extension of a spring changing with weight of mass extending it (Hooke's Law)

Methods of measuring forces

Inertia experiments

Finding the co-efficient of fricion

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