Monday, January 27, 2014

1/27 Physics update and Homework due 2/3

Hi folks,

Today we talked about about human energy and how humans get and use energy in the form of calories.

We also did a bit of work with simple machines and did a lab using the lever.

Homework this week is to answer the questions in this email and

Read the Levers chapter in the Bite-Size Physics book I sent and do all 5 questions at the end of the chapter.  Please use the answers as reference only!  Answer them yourself first.  :)
1. What happened to the effort force as the fulcrum got closer to the load?

2. What happened to the effort force as the fulcrum got farther from the load?

3. What happened to the load force as the fulcrum got closer to the load?

4. How about when the fulcrum got farther from the load?

5. If you wanted to lift an object that you couldn't lift by yourself, where would you put the fulcrum? Close to, or far from the load?

6. What relationship does distance have to force in regards to the lever?

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