What's harder, throwing a bowling ball, or catching one?
2007-03-09 12:43:13
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answer #1
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answered by Beardog 7
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Each ball represents a different mass, which will be the varying factor in how far the ball moves when struck by a putter). Once each student has putted with the three types of balls, the instructor will ask why the students’ feel there was such a difference in how far the balls rolled. The main idea of the lesson is to explain Newton’s Three Laws of Motion. The First Law states that an object in motion remains in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. The Second Law states that the acceleration of an object is dependent upon two variables - the net force acting upon the object and the mass of the object. The Third Law states for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
The First Law is explained by the fact that the ball does not roll forever. Some of the children will not understand why the ball does not keep rolling. The force that stops the ball from moving is friction. The Second Law is demonstrated by the amount of force the ball is struck with and also the amount of mass in the certain type of ball. This is where the different types of balls will be used. The students will see the difference in how easy or difficult it is to strike the balls. The golf ball will roll very easily due to the fact that it has very little mass. The students will find out that it is more difficult to putt the softball because there is more mass in the softball. Finally, the students will barely be able to get the bowling ball to roll at all. Sometimes, the putter may simply bounce off of the bowling ball due to the fact that it has such a great amount of mass.
Newton’s Third Law of motion will be explained when the putter strikes the certain type of ball, there is a reaction, the ball moving forward. In the case of the bowling ball, the putter may not have enough force to move the ball, and therefore, the putter will bounce back. That would be the reaction in that case.
Showing how motion and acceleration relate to each other and also applying Newton’s Laws of Motion. Overall, the goal of this lesson is to explain a complex science lesson in an easy to understand lesson.
2007-03-09 22:28:28
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answered by Anonymous
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Newton's third law says that every force that acts on an object an opposite and equal force is provided by the object. Such as if a bowling ball hits pin and the ball then changes its direction it was because the pin provided a force on the ball.
2007-03-09 20:47:02
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answered by smartdude474 2
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Every Action has an equal but opposite reaction. There is more than one example of this in bowling.
1.) The bowling ball will hit the pins and the pins will fall over.
2.) As the ball's weight pushes on the floor, the floor pushes back on the ball.
2007-03-09 21:08:59
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answered by Emily I 2
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The pins also have a force back on the ball. Newton's third law is the action-reaction law. They are not equal though, therefore the sum of the forces, equals mass times acceleration. And that is why they accelerate backward.
2007-03-09 20:54:51
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answered by Anonymous
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Newton's third law is the law of reciprocal actions.
This law of motion is most commonly paraphrased as: "For every action force there is an equal, but opposite, reaction force".
2007-03-09 21:22:27
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answered by richard 2
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You throw the ball down the lane and hit the pins!
2007-03-09 20:43:42
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answered by Anonymous
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Because bowling was very popular in those days in theory.
2007-03-09 20:43:49
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answered by James W 5
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You push on the ball, it goes forward. It pushes back on your arm, making it hard to swing your arm.
The ball pushes on the pins, knocking them over. The pins push on the ball, slowing it down.
2007-03-10 09:32:31
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answer #9
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answered by Rob S 3
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check this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_Third_Law
2007-03-09 20:44:21
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answered by Anonymous
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