THE LAWS OF

MODULE 6 MOTIONS
WEEK 10-12

In this module you will develop an understanding on why objects move and
quantitatively and qualitatively express Newton’s three laws of motion: law of inertia,
law of acceleration, and law of interaction.

LIST!

Learning Steps Learning Tasks Status Mark Verified

1. Engage Written works

2. Explore Written works

3. Explain Problem Solving

4. Elaborate Problem Solving

5. Evaluate Assessment test

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 THE LAWS OF
MODULE 6 MOTION
In this module you will develop an understanding on why objects move and
quantitatively and qualitatively express Newton’s three laws of motion: law of inertia,
law of acceleration, and law of interaction.

Learning Goals:

 I can differentiate contact from noncontact forces.

 I can draw free-body diagrams
 I can define inertial frame of reference
 I can apply Newton’s first law of motion to obtain quantitative and qualitative
conclusions about contact and noncontact forces acting on a body in equilibrium
 I can distinguish mass from weight
 I can differentiate static from kinetic friction
 I can compare the sought quantities such as force and acceleration
 I can apply Newton’s second law of motion and kinematics to obtain quantitative
and qualitative conclusions about the velocity and acceleration of one or more
bodies, and the contact and noncontact forces acting on one or more bodies
 I can analyze the effect of fluid resistance on a moving object
 I can solve problems using Newton’s law of motion
 I can identify action-reaction pair

I. ENGAGE

Quick Reminders:

 Profound consultation of your textbook is a must (pp. 74-94).

Begin here:

Physics has so many applications in real life context. Hence, for this task, I want you to
observe the following pictures and determine what are the physics concepts behind it.

Write your answer on blanks provided beside each picture. You may add as many as
you can if you think it applies to the picture.

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II. EXPLORE

Shoot it!

Prepare the following materials: empty softdrink bottle (8 or 12 oz size), 2 in x 2 in

cardboard and a small pebble (just bit enough to pass through the bottle’s mouth).
Place the cardboard on top of the bottle’s mouth and a pebble on top of it.

Task: Make the pebble fall directly into the battle without touching it. You have 1 minute
to shoot as many pebbles as you can into the battle. Ready, set. Go!

So, how many pebbles have you shot into the bottle? What was you winning strategy?
Write it down . Go back to your answer later after learning about Newton’s laws of
motion.

III. EXPLAIN

A. Briefly, answer the following questions.

1. What is your own understanding of the word “force?”

2. Differentiate contact from noncontact forces, then give types for each and decribe
them one by one.

3. How do you define inertial frame of reference?

4. How do you distinguish mass from weight?

5. State three laws of motion and give example for each.

6. Why is static friction different from kinetic friction?

B. Draw the free-body diagram of the following.

1. A book is at rest on a table top. Diagram the forces acting on the book.

2. A girl is suspended motionless from ceiling by a rope. Diagram the forces acting on
the girl as she holds onto the rope.

3. An egg is free falling from nest tree. Neglect air resistance. Diagram the forces acting
on the as it falls.

4. An egg is falling (not freely, do not neglext air resistance) from a nest in a tree.
Diagram the force acting on the egg as it falls.

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5. A rightward force is applied to a book in order to move it across a desk with a
rightward acceleration. Consider frictional forces. Neglect air resistance. Diagram the
forces acting on the book.

C. Solve the following Newton’s law of motion problem.

1. Consider the traffic light (mass of 15.0 kg) suspended from two wires shown in the
figure 1.1. Find the tension in each wire, neglecting the masses of wires.

2. Figure 1.2 shows a 75.0 kg man (weight of about 165 lbs) standing on a bathroom
scale in an elevator. Calculate the scale reading: (a) if the elevator accelerates
upward at a rate of 1.20 m/s^2, 1.20 m/s^2, and (b) if the elevator moves upward at a
constant speed of 1 m/s.

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3. Figure 1.3 shows a block of mass m1m1on a frictionless, horizontal surface. It is
pulled by a light string that passes over a frictionless and massless pulley. The other
end of the string is connected to a block of mass m2m2. Find the acceleration of the
blocks and the tension in the string in terms of m1, m2, and g.

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D. Identify the action-reaction forces in each problem.

1. A diver dives off of a raft - what happens to the diver? The raft? How does this relate
to Newton's Third Law?
Action Force: _______________ Reaction Force: _____________

2. A tennis racquet hits a tennis ball. Why doesn't the racquet swing backwards when
the ball hits it? (Shouldn't it swing back because of action-reaction forces?)

3. What action-reaction forces are involved when a rocket engine fires? Why doesn't a
rocket need air to push on?
Action Force: _______________ Reaction Force: _____________

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IV. ELABORATE

A. Practice more on the following Newton’s law of motion problems.

1. The weight of a person in an elevator at rest = 500 N. Acceleration due to gravity is

10 m/s2. When lift accelerated, the tension force is 750 N. What is the acceleration of
lift.

2. An 60-kg person in an elevator accelerated downward at 3 m/s2. If acceleration due

to gravity is 10 m/s2, what is the normal force exerted by elevator’s floor on person.

3. A 40-kg object in an elevator accelerated upward. If the elevator’s floor exerts 520 N
on object and acceleration due to gravity is 10 m/s2. What is the acceleration of the
elevator?

4. What forces are acting on a book sitting on a table? Are action-reaction forces
involved in this situation?

5. If two people each standing on a scooter board push off of each other what happens
(Newton's 3rd Law)?

B. MINI PERFORMACE TASK

Let’s Go Online!

1. Take a picture featuring yourself as the subject on the day to day applications
of Newton’s law of motion. Make sure to incorporate photography and editing
techniques.

2. Post it in your facebook account (disregard the gain of reactions). Posting shall be
done before the semi-finals examination.

3. For the caption or description, you can have any of it, as long as you include there
concepts about Newton’s law of motion.

4. Use #Newton’sLawOfMotionDay2DayApplications and #PicToExpress for the

hashtags.

5. Upon uploading your picture, tag your teacher so that he/she can easily view
your photos for an easier way of rating you with this performance task.

5. The rubric below shall be utilized in rating you in this performance task.

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 Photography Rubric

V. EVALUATE

Assessment shall be administered after answering the two modules.

-End of Module 6-

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