Newton’s Laws Webquest - Burlington City High School



Newton’s Laws Web questRecord all of your answers on a separate sheet of lined paper.Part 1: Meet Isaac Newton:Go to on “Newton’s Bio”When and where was Newton born?Where did Newton go to college?What did Newton invent?Explain the legend of Newton's apple. Is it true?List one other interesting fact that you found about Newton.Part 2: Newton’s Laws of Motion:Go to each of Newton’s three laws:Law of Inertia Law of Force and Acceleration Law of Action/Reaction Part 3: Applying Newton’s Laws to vehicle restraints:Go to all the ways that Newton’s Laws can apply in a car crash. Part 4: Newton’s 2nd Law:Go to in the blanks:_____10____________ is a push or pull on an object. __________11__________________ is the difference between two opposing forces. Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion states that if a net force acts on an object, the object will ________12____________ in the direction of the force. Acceleration is a change in ____13_________. It can either be ________14___________ or _______15_____________. Mass is the amount of matter contained in an object. Mass does not change with changes in _____________16____________. The acceleration of any object falling to the surface of the Earth is __________17________________. This means that at the first second, the object will be falling with a speed of 9.8. m/s2. At 2 seconds, the object will be falling at the rate of __________18___________________; at 3 seconds, it will be falling at the rate of _________19__________________, and so on.Procedure for SimulationCopy down the Data Table below.Click the arrow under Location 1 & select any planet. Click the arrow under Object 1 selection the Pumpkin. Record the rate of acceleration for this location and the object’s mass in the data table. Select another planet & the Pumpkin under Location 2 & Object 2. Record the information.Click the Drop button and observe the object’s fall. The green lines indicate the object’s position at each second.Calculate the force of the objects (weight) using Force = Mass x Acceleration. Record.Tests 3 & 4: Repeat steps 1-3 for the Car.Tests 5 & 6: Repeat steps 1-3, but select the planet Venus for both locations and choose any object.Tests 7 & 8: Repeat steps 1-3, selecting Jupiter for both locations and choose any object.Tests 9 & 10: Repeat steps 1-3, selecting any planet and any object.Data Table: Gravitational Acceleration, Mass, & WeightTestLocationObjectAcceleration (m/s2)Mass of Object (kg)FORCE or Weight (N)1Pumpkin2Pumpkin3Car4Car 5Venus6Venus7Jupiter8Jupiter910Analysis Questions How is Newton’s 2nd Law related to gravity? How does the force of gravity affect the rate of acceleration?Describe what happens when identical objects are dropped on planets with different gravitational conditions.Describe what happens when different objects are dropped under the same gravitational conditions.24. Based on your data, how does mass affect weight?25. What is the weight of a 24.52 kg Television dropped on Pluto (acceleration of 0.59 m/s2)?26. What is the weight of a 45.40 kg Barbell dropped on Earth?27. A hammer is dropped on Planet X. If the hammer has a mass of 3kg and a weight of 9N, what is the gravitational acceleration of Planet X and is it more or less than that of Earth?Task 5: Newton’s Laws of Motion Quiz:Go to the quiz and record your score.For Fun:Go to and click ‘start’You will have five different missions – to dock the rocket at the orbiting space station. For each trial, change the amount of thrust and the angle of the launch. Press the launch button to test your variables. GOOD LUCK! ................
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