Understanding Force

W= f x d
Forces Distance
Unbalanced Spring scale Acceleration
Newtons
Balanced Work
Mass

FORCE
Can be measured with a
Can produce

Spring
Scale

Can be calculated
as

In units of

Newton

mass

Acceleration

Work

If acted over a

Can be

Distance
Balanced

Unbalanced
As calculated by

W= F x d
No change
in motion

change in
motion

ACTIVITY 1
Force and
Motion
Vocabulary 1

Define the following:

1.Force
2.Net force
3.Velocity
4.Newton (N) (not the scientist)
5.Gravitational Force
6.Magnetic force
7.Electrostatic force
8.Frictional force

Born in Woolsthorpe, England

ISAAC
in 1642.
NEWTON Developed a powerful
Mathematical tool called
Calculus
He proposed the Three Laws of
Motion which is taught to all
physics students and schools.
Discover the universal law of
gravitation.
Suggested that the force of
gravity that pulls an apple to
the ground is the same as which
causes the Moon to revolve
around the Earth, and the Earth

We used force to hit a ball.

What is force?

Questions to
Understand
Force
1. What is force?

2. What are the types of force?

3. How to measure force?

What is a force?
A push or a pull
May be unbalanced or balanced

Unbalanced

Balanced and Unbalanced

Forces
Balanced forces
exerted on an
object
always
produce
zero
resultant

Unbalanced forces exerted on an object always

produced a resultant

Unbalanced

Although we cannot see force, the effects of force can be seen or felt.

The action of force can

cause:
(a)A stationary object to move
(b)A moving object to change its speed
(c)A moving object to change its
direction of motion
(d)A moving object to stop moving
(e)An object to change its shape

A moving object to
change its speed

What are the types of force?

1. Gravitational
force

3. Electrostatic
force

2. Magnetic force
4. Friction (Frictional
Force)

Vocabulary Check!
Gravitational force by definition, this is the
weight of the object. thats why things fall to
the ground
Magnetic force is the attraction or repulsion
that arises between electrically charged
particles because of their motion
Electrostatic force deals with phenomena due
to attractions or repulsions of electric charges
but not dependent upon their motion
Frictional force is the force exerted by a
surface as an object moves across it or makes

How to measure
force?

The
strength
of
force is measured in
Newton (N). This
is named after Sir
Isaac Newton, a
great
English
Scientist
and
Mathematician.
A
spring balance is

Resultant Force on the Same Plane

(Net Force)
Lets define resultant force
It is when more than one force are acting on an
object at a time.
It is also called a combined force
Example:
Two people pushing a car

- each person is applying a force on the car and

the forces combine to move the car forward
However, as force is a vector quantity, the direction
of each force matter.
- It depends on the magnitude and direction

 It depends upon the magnitude and

direction

Example: (Parallel Forces)

(A.)
5N

10N

15N

Resultant
Force

Resultant force = -10+(-5) = - 15 N

Direction of resultant force is to the left
(B.)
5N

10N

5N

Resultant force = 10 + (-5)= 5 N

Direction of resultant force is to the right

(C)
5N
5N

4N
6N

What is the resultant force of the object?

Resultant Force = 6 + 4 + (-5) + (-5) = 0 N
The resultant force is 0 N. Therefore there is no resultant force
acting on the object.
Remember:
If the sum is positive, then the direction is to the right.
If the sum is negative, then the direction is to the left.
If the sum is zero, then there is no resultant force on the object

Bring the following next

meeting:
1.Protractor
2.Ruler
3.Calculator
4.Pencil

Non- parallel forces

To find the resultant of two nonparallel forces, it is with two ways:
To draw scaled diagrams
Use the parallelogram of forces method
The parallelogram is a method of finding
the resultant where the vectors are
not in line, like in the situations figure
shown in page 154.

Lets learn the example given from

your book.
Another example: Find the resultant
force of two vectors 30 N and 40 N,
acting on an object . The angle
between the two forces is 680 . Scale:
1cm=10 N
Show your solution and diagram.