Newton's Three Laws Of Motion Lab Report
Pre-lab:
Newtons Three Laws of Motion:
There are three laws of motion that have been stated by Sir Isaac Newton during the sixteenth century that are looked upon even today.
The first of these laws states that an object will stay in at rest or in a constant velocity unless a force acts upon it. In simplest terms this means that if u place an apple on the table it isn't just going to roll off.
The second of these laws states that when a force acts upon an object it causes it to accelerate, and the greater the mass of the object the more of the force will be needed to push it. Basically this means that it takes more force to move a heavy object than it does to move a lighter object. The Second Law of Motion can be stated as Force = (Mass)(Acceleration). …show more content…
The third and final law of motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This simply means that pushing on an object causes that object to push back against you, the exact same amount, but in the opposite direction.
Motion:
Motion is movement.
It is the act of moving and remaining at rest. When you have motion you have a velocity that is greater than zero.
Force:
A force is anything that causes an object to move and accelerate which would be still if the force was absent.
Inertia:
Inertia is remaining at a constant velocity or at rest without any external force that neither helps the object accelerate nor decelerate.
Energy:
This is the reason why we are alive. We need energy to be able to do the things that we do in our lives. The same is for a force, it requires energy to actually be a force. The more energy a force has, the greater the force is.
Unbalanced Forces:
An unbalance force is one that is not opposed by an equal and opposite force operating directly against the force intended to cause a change in the object's state of motion or rest.
Friction:
Friction is a force that resists the relative motion of objects in contact. It is a force that we experience every day and every moment of our lives.
Momentum:
Momentum is the total quantity of force or speed of a moving object. For example, a car gained momentum going downhill, or a car lost momentum going uphill.
Kinetic
Energy:
Kinetic energy is the energy that an object contains by being in motion.
Potential Energy:
Potential energy is that energy which an object possesses because of its position. The energy has the potential to be converted into other forms of energy, for example kinetic energy.
Formula for Speed:
Speed = Distance / Time
The formula for speed simply tells us that speed is the amount of distance that an object covers in a given time. More or less the distance covered, the greater or lesser the speed is, respectively.
Car Power Mechanism:
The energy to move the car comes from the release of elastic tension of two rubber bands that are stretched from the front of the front wheel chassis to the back wheel chassis and then wound up on the back wheel chassis. The number of turns that we turn the back wheel chassis to wound up the rubber bands along with how well wound up the rubber bands are along the back wheel chassis will predominantly affect how far the car travels. Other factors include how straight the wheels are aligned, front and back and side-by-side, and how level the wheels are relative to each other. The energy transformation that is occurring in the movement of the car is the transformation of elastic energy into kinetic energy.
Newtons Three Laws of Motion:
There are three laws of motion that have been stated by Sir Isaac Newton during the sixteenth century that are looked upon even today.
The first of these laws states that an object will stay in at rest or in a constant velocity unless a force acts upon it. In simplest terms this means that if u place an apple on the table it isn't just going to roll off.
The second of these laws states that when a force acts upon an object it causes it to accelerate, and the greater the mass of the object the more of the force will be needed to push it. Basically this means that it takes more force to move a heavy object than it does to move a lighter object. The Second Law of Motion can be stated as Force = (Mass)(Acceleration). …show more content…
The third and final law of motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This simply means that pushing on an object causes that object to push back against you, the exact same amount, but in the opposite direction.
Motion:
Motion is movement.
It is the act of moving and remaining at rest. When you have motion you have a velocity that is greater than zero.
Force:
A force is anything that causes an object to move and accelerate which would be still if the force was absent.
Inertia:
Inertia is remaining at a constant velocity or at rest without any external force that neither helps the object accelerate nor decelerate.
Energy:
This is the reason why we are alive. We need energy to be able to do the things that we do in our lives. The same is for a force, it requires energy to actually be a force. The more energy a force has, the greater the force is.
Unbalanced Forces:
An unbalance force is one that is not opposed by an equal and opposite force operating directly against the force intended to cause a change in the object's state of motion or rest.
Friction:
Friction is a force that resists the relative motion of objects in contact. It is a force that we experience every day and every moment of our lives.
Momentum:
Momentum is the total quantity of force or speed of a moving object. For example, a car gained momentum going downhill, or a car lost momentum going uphill.
Kinetic
Energy:
Kinetic energy is the energy that an object contains by being in motion.
Potential Energy:
Potential energy is that energy which an object possesses because of its position. The energy has the potential to be converted into other forms of energy, for example kinetic energy.
Formula for Speed:
Speed = Distance / Time
The formula for speed simply tells us that speed is the amount of distance that an object covers in a given time. More or less the distance covered, the greater or lesser the speed is, respectively.
Car Power Mechanism:
The energy to move the car comes from the release of elastic tension of two rubber bands that are stretched from the front of the front wheel chassis to the back wheel chassis and then wound up on the back wheel chassis. The number of turns that we turn the back wheel chassis to wound up the rubber bands along with how well wound up the rubber bands are along the back wheel chassis will predominantly affect how far the car travels. Other factors include how straight the wheels are aligned, front and back and side-by-side, and how level the wheels are relative to each other. The energy transformation that is occurring in the movement of the car is the transformation of elastic energy into kinetic energy.