Name that Force
Units for Properties
Newton's Laws
FBD's
Pick an Equation
100

Force between any two masses (usually the Earth is one) .....also known as weight.

What is force of gravity (Fg)?

100

kg

What is mass?

100

Lazy law --- objects keep doing what they are already doing.

What is Newton's 1st Law (Inertia)?

100

Direction force arrows in FBDs point relative to the object being considered

What is outward?

100

Equation you might use given distance and time to find velocity.

What is 

v = (Deltax)/t

200

Restorative force causing an elastic object to return to its original shape.

What is spring force (Fs)?

200

m/s 

What is velocity?

200

Revenge Law --- for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

What is Newton's 3rd Law?

200

When all forces cancel out on a FBD, this is true of the acceleration and net force.

What is both acceleration and Fnet have a value of 0?

200

How to find the mass of an object when you know it's weight.

What is Fg = mg ? or rearranged for mass m = Fg/g
300

Often neglected force due to moving gases (air) out of the way of a moving object.

What is air resistance (Fair)?


300

m/s/s

What is acceleration?

300

Fnet = manet

What is Newton's 2nd Law?

300

    Direction of Fnet and acceleration in image to right 

What is "to the right"?

300

Net Force for the FBD shown Below


What is Fnet = Fright - Fleft      or 

Fnet = 20N - 3 N to the right

400

When a taught rope is attached to an two object and transfers force from one object to the other, this force is being used.

What is tension (Ften or T)?

400

unit of weight

What is a Newton? (remember weight is a force)

400

The force that remains after all opposing forces have been canceled out.     Also = mass x acceleration.

What is the net force?  (Fnet or

SigmaF


400

  The term that describes the speed of the skydiver in this image.

What is terminal velocity?

400

How to find the coefficient of friction

What is  mu = Ff/FN?

500

Perpendicular Force out of a surface keeping an object from moving through that surface.

What is normal Force (FN)?

500

kg*m/ s2

What is Force? (this is another term way of writing a Newton)

500

The reason that Newton's third law action/reaction force pairs do not cancel out and can still cause accelerations and net forces on an object.

What is because the action and reaction forces act on different objects?

500

    The direction this object is moving?

What is to the right?

500

Given the FBD left .... the equation(s) you would need to determine the coefficient of friction in the problem (looking for at least two of the three needed) 

What are Fg = mg (or rearranged to find m = Fg/g), Fnet = ma (or recognize that a = 0m/s2 means Fnet =0), Fnet = Fapp - Ff (or Ff = Fapp), and finally Ff =  mu FN or (  mu =Ff/FN)

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