Motion and Force

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Motion and Force

• By Manisha Shrestha

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Position

• Position is where an object
• is.
• It is described by locating
• an object relative to
• another object or to the
• background.
• What is the position of the red
• balloon in relation to the other
• balloon?

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Motion

• What is motion?
• How is motion described?

• The movement of an object
• Objects direction and speed.
• Change of position.
• Interactive Website
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7
  /forces_movement.shtml

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Force

• What is force?

• Any push or pull that causes an object to move,
  stop, or
• change speed or direction.
• Interactive Website
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6
  /pushes_pulls.shtml

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Force

• What happens when you apply more force?
• What if you have a massive object?

• When you apply more force, there is greater
  change in
• motion.
• If an object is very heavy, the force will have
  less effect
• on it.

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Frame of Reference

• The things around you that you can sense and use
  to
• describe your motion.
• Are you in motion? Look at the picture below and
  consider
• frame of reference

• Interactive Website
• http//www.edumedia-sciences.com/a261_l2-reference
  -frames.html

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Relative Motion

• Motion based on frame of reference.

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Resources

• http//www.armuproducts.com/balloons/metallic.colo
  rs.balloons.jpg
• http//trimonkee.blogspot.com/2007/12/ever-see-mon
  key-riding-bike.html
• http//www.thecumbriadirectory.com/Cumbria_Lite/ma
  inimages/cartoon_2005.11.jpg
• http//bookmakersltd.com/images/large/Elephant-Pus
  hing-Rock.jpg
• http//tell.fll.purdue.edu/JapanProj/FLClipart/Ver
  bs/pull.gif
• http//www.franklin.ma.us/auto/upload/schools/davi
  s/1001-girl-reading.jpg
• http//picasaweb.google.com/imanandr/Collection/ph
  oto5085297099350494338
• http//www.solarviews.com/cap/earth/vearth3.htm