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Understanding Net Forces in Motion

1. When equal forces pull on either side of a cart, the net force is zero and the cart does not move. Adding a larger force to one side creates an unbalanced net force, causing the cart to move in the direction of the larger force. 2. Increasing the force pulling the cart in one direction increases the net force in that direction, causing the cart's speed to increase in that direction. Decreasing the difference in forces between sides brings the net force closer to zero, slowing the cart. 3. Newton's second law relates that force equals mass times acceleration, written as F=ma. Greater net force on an object produces greater acceleration.

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Understanding Net Forces in Motion

1. When equal forces pull on either side of a cart, the net force is zero and the cart does not move. Adding a larger force to one side creates an unbalanced net force, causing the cart to move in the direction of the larger force. 2. Increasing the force pulling the cart in one direction increases the net force in that direction, causing the cart's speed to increase in that direction. Decreasing the difference in forces between sides brings the net force closer to zero, slowing the cart. 3. Newton's second law relates that force equals mass times acceleration, written as F=ma. Greater net force on an object produces greater acceleration.

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Assignment:
Newton’s Second Law Online Lab

Part 1: Net Forces


1. What happens to the cart when there is one figure of the same size on each side of the cart?
Why?

2. What do the arrows above the cart represent? How do they compare to each other? What
does that tell you about the net force?

3. What force does each figure pull with?

4. What is the net force when the cart is pulled on by figures of the same size?

5. What happens to the rightward force when the next largest figure is added to the rope?
Predict what will happen to the cart.

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6. What is the net force on the cart? (Be sure to include direction since force is a vector.)
Describe how the net force is calculated. Who won the tug of war?

7. What happened to the speed of the cart during the tug of war? Was the force balanced or
unbalanced? How do you know?

8. What would the blue team need to do to win the tug of war?

9. Predict what will happen with one large, one medium, and one small figure on the red side
and one large and one medium figure on the left side. Explain why you made this prediction.

10. What is the net force on the cart, and which direction is it moving? What is happening to the
speed of the cart?

11. What happened to the speed when you added one small figure on the left? What is the net
force? Does the cart come to a stop? Use Newton’s First Law to explain this?

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12. What can you do to make the blue team win? What is the net force when the blue team
wins?

13. Write a conclusion that shows the relationship between net force and the motion of the
cart.

Part 2: Mass and Acceleration


14. Record the net force, mass, and acceleration when a force of 50 N is used to push different
objects.

Net Force (N) Mass (kg) Acceleration (m/s2)

15. What is the relationship between the mass and the acceleration when the force is kept the
same?

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Part 3: Force and Acceleration
16. Record the net force, mass, and acceleration when a 50 kg object is pushed with various
amounts of force.

Net Force (N) Mass (kg) Acceleration (m/s2)

17. What is the relationship between force and acceleration?

18. Using the relationships between mass and acceleration and force and acceleration, write the
equation that relates force, mass, and acceleration.

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