Lab Instructions: Do Not Write on this Sheet Orange Drop: Lay a postcard on a mug.

Stand a matchbox cover in the middle of the card and balance an orange on top of it. Label your paper Orange Drop and then use the vocabulary terms to answer questions # 1-4 on your paper. Vocabulary Terms: Centripetal Gravity Size Questions: 1.
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Distance Inertia

Force Knife

Friction Mass

What force is holding the mug to the table? What force is holding the postcard to the mug?

3. What force is holding the matchbox to the postcard? 4. What force is holding the orange to the matchbox? Now, quickly pull the card away. Use the vocabulary terms to answer questions # 5-10 on your own paper. Questions: When you pulled the postcard the matchbox cover went with it BUT the orange dropped into the cup. This is because the orange has more __5.__ than the matchbox cover, therefore according to Newtons first law of motion it has more __6.__ than the matchbox cover. The force that pulls the orange into the cup is the force of __7.__. __8.__is the force of attraction between any two objects. The strength of this attraction depends on the __9.__ of the objects and the __10.__ between them.

Coin Challenge: Make a pile of five identical coins, turn the bottom coin tails up and all others heads up. Knock the bottom coin with the edge of a table knife. Label your paper Coin Challenge and then use the vocabulary terms to answer question # 11 -12 on your paper. This experiment works because the heavy objects have more __11.__ than the light objects. __12.__ is an objects resistance to a change in its motion. One way of stating Newtons First Law, the law of __13.__ is an object at rest will stay at rest unless it is acted upon by an outside force. The force that made the coin move came from the __14.__.

Pie Pan: Roll the marble around the edge of the pie pan, get enough speed to make the marble to continue roll on its own. Label your paper Pie Pan and answer the questions below. Questions: The marble in the pie pan follows a circular path because the inside edge of the pan is applying a __15.__ to the marble, this is called __16.__ force because it holds the object toward the center of the pan. Look at the diagram below and predict which path (1, 2, or 3) the

marble would follow if the edge of the pan is cut away. Record your prediction as # 17 on your answer sheet.

Now try rolling the marble in the cut pan, # 18 In which direction does the marble actually roll? The crux of the question is this: What external forces act on the marble when it leaves the pan? Gravity acts on the marble in a downward direction, but produces no effect on the horizontal direction of the marble as it leaves the confines of the pan. Remember Newtons first Law of Motion states that every body persists in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line unless it is compelled to change that state by an outside __19.__. Application: You are in a car rapidly rounding a corner and Friend A who is sitting next to you states that centrifugal force is trying to push you out of the car. Friend B who is watching your car from the corner states that there is no such thing as centrifugal force, and that the only force that you feel is the force of the car pushing against you to keep you moving in a circular path. 20. Which friend is correct?