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PheT Motion

Last updated over 1 year ago
7 questions

Make sure you keep the Motion simulation open while you are working on these questions!

Experiment 1


Place the refrigerator on the skateboard, check all the boxes and run the simulation. Answer the questions below.
1

What happens to the speed of the refrigerator when there is no longer any force being applied? (Put the force slider at 0 to stop pushing)

1

Are the forces acting on the skateboard/refrigerator balanced or unbalanced?

1

What kind of force was applied to the refrigerator?

4

Use complete sentences to answer the following questions:

1. Will the refrigerator ever stop?
2. Explain why or why not.

Experiment 2


Place the refrigerator on the skateboard, check all the boxes and run the simulation. Answer the questions below.
1

Apply a force of 100 Newtons (N) to the refrigerator. What happens to the speed of the refrigerator when the force is not removed? (Keep the slider at 100N)

4

Use complete sentences to answer the following question:

Will the speed of the refrigerator ever stop changing?
Explain why or why not.

Explain what you learned

4

Use complete sentences to explain what happens to an object that begins moving and there is no friction.