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The worksheet outlines a lab investigation on the four fundamental forces, focusing on gravity and electromagnetic force. It includes pre-lab questions, data collection from experiments, and analysis of results to understand gravitational interactions between different objects. The document also prompts students to consider the implications of mass and distance on gravitational attraction and to apply the law of universal gravitation in calculations.

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1.06 - Forces

The worksheet outlines a lab investigation on the four fundamental forces, focusing on gravity and electromagnetic force. It includes pre-lab questions, data collection from experiments, and analysis of results to understand gravitational interactions between different objects. The document also prompts students to consider the implications of mass and distance on gravitational attraction and to apply the law of universal gravitation in calculations.

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Fundamental Forces Worksheet

Instructions: For Part 1, answer the Pre-Lab questions before performing your investigation in the lesson.
Then, follow the guidelines in the lesson to gather data for Part 1. For Part 2, use the results of your lab activity
to answer the questions. Use complete sentences in both parts.

Part 1: The Lab


Pre-Lab Questions
1. List the four fundamental forces in order of strongest to weakest.

2. Compare the magnitude and range of gravity with the magnitude and range of electromagnetic force.

3. Consider the mass of the objects in the activity (small ball, large ball, feather) and compare the gravitational
force between them and the Earth. If distance is the same, which object would you expect to experience the
greatest gravitational attraction with the Earth? Support your response with reasoning.

Your Investigation
4. State your hypothesis.
Hypothesis:

5. Identify the variables in your experiment.

Independent variable:

Dependent variable:

Controlled variables:

Data and Observations

6. Table 1: Gravity Test Trials

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Trial Objects Used Observations—Normal Observations—Vacuum
Mode Mode

1 Big ball and small ball

Part 2: Conclusion

Data Analysis

7. Did the experiment support your hypothesis? Use data from your experiment to support your claim.

8. What force(s) were acting on the objects dropped in the air (normal mode)? What force(s) was acting on the
objects dropped in the vacuum?

Making Connections

9. Jupiter is 11 times more massive than Earth. How would adding a “JUPITER MODE” to the virtual activity
change the results of Galileo’s experiment?

10. From the law of universal gravitation, the following gravitational forces have been calculated.

Earth and Large Earth and Small Large Ball and Large Ball and Small
Ball Ball Feather Ball

0.882 N 0.049 N 2.41 ´ 10-14 N _____________

Use the formula for the law of universal gravitation to calculate the gravitational force between the large ball
and the small ball. Assume the distance between them is 0.5 m.

The mass of the objects

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Small Ball = 5.0 ´ 10-3 kg

Large Ball = 9.0 ´ 10-2 kg

Feather = 1.0 ´ 10-3 kg

11. The large ball, small ball, and feather are dropped side-by-side. Use these values for gravitational forces in
the table above to explain why the objects fall to Earth and not move towards each other.

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