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Understanding Forces and Their Effects

The document discusses various forces such as gravity, upthrust, and friction, highlighting their effects and interactions in different contexts, including skydiving and swimming. It also covers sound production, travel, and measurement, explaining how vibrations create sound and how volume is quantified. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of understanding forces in engineering and design.

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Understanding Forces and Their Effects

The document discusses various forces such as gravity, upthrust, and friction, highlighting their effects and interactions in different contexts, including skydiving and swimming. It also covers sound production, travel, and measurement, explaining how vibrations create sound and how volume is quantified. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of understanding forces in engineering and design.

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1. Forces can’t be seen but we can observe their effects.

2. Water exerts an upward force that acts in the opposite direction to


that of gravity. This is known as upthrust.
3. Gravity acts on the skydiver during the free fall.
4. Gravity is a force that pulls us towards the center of the Earth.
5. There is an unbalanced force on the spinning coin; this force acts
when you push or pull an object.
6. Upthrust helps to keep the ship from sinking to the bottom of the
sea.
7. Forces always act in pairs.
8. Friction is a force that exists between two surfaces.
9. The large surface area of a parachute allows the skydiver to
experience greater air resistance. This helps to slow down the fall
and also helps the skydiver to land safely.
10. Air resistance is the friction between the air particles and
the object.
11. Normal force acts upward against gravity.
12. Some fish have long and narrow bodies, which reduces the
surface area pushing against the water. This reduces the water
resistance and helps the fish to swim efficiently.
13. Friction opposes motion, so we are able to walk on the
ground without slipping.
14. If we get similar results on a repeated experiment, we say that
the results are reliable.
15. We can show different forces, as well as the size of the forces
acting on an object, by using a force diagram.
16. When forces are equal, we say that they are
________________________.

17. Automotive engineers test the design of vehicles to make sure they will work well
with and against forces.
18. It is important to study the movement of air around an aeroplane so that it can be
designed to overcome air resistance and reduce drag.
19. When one force is greater than the other, we say that they are unbalanced.
20. Vibration through the air causes the sound waves to travel to our ears.
21. When an object vibrates quickly, we hear a high-pitched sound.
22. The volume refers to how loud or soft a sound is.
23. Sound travels faster in water than it does in air.
24. When an object vibrates slowly, we hear a low-pitched sound.
25. The volume of sounds can be measured using a sound level meter and in the unit
decibels (dB).
26. A clarinet makes a sound when we blow into the mouthpiece.
27. Sound can also travel using other mediums such as solids, liquids, and gases.
28. A violin makes a sound when the musician draws the bow across the strings.
29. The volume of sound depends on the amplitude of the vibration.
30. Music is a mixture of sounds at different pitches which musicians use to make a
melody.

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