Laws of Motion
Laws of Motion
a. 2 Spring
Balances
b. String
PROCEDURE:
1. Connect 2 spring balances with their
hooks. Ask your partner to hold one end of
the balance while you hold the other end
horizontally. Pull the spring balance while
your partner just holds the other end.
Record the reading on each balance.
Q1. What is the reading on your balance and that of
your partner? What do these values represent?
Q2. How do you
compare the
direction of your
partner’s and
your force?
PROCEDURE:
2. Pull the spring balance harder. Be
careful not to exceed the maximum
reading on the spring balance.
Q3. What is the
reading on your
balance and that of
your partner?
Q4. How do you
explain your
observation?
PROCEDURE:
3. Attach one end of your
spring balance to the wall,
while the other end is
connected to the second spring
balance. Ask your partner to
pull the spring balance.
Observe the reading on each
balance
Q5. What is the
reading in each
balance?
Q6. Compare the
direction of the
forces exerted on
the two ends of the
connected spring
balance.
In the simplest
sense, a force is a
push or a pull.
However, Newton
realized that a force is
not a thing in itself but
part of mutual action,
an interaction, between
one thing and another.
For example,
consider the
interaction between
a hammer and a
nail.
Did you know that even when you’re sitting on a
chair or standing on the ground, you exert force?
Forces always comes in pairs