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Weight and Drag Force

This document is a lesson plan for Grade 9 Physics focusing on weight and drag force, specifically examining how drag force changes when a skydiver deploys a parachute. It introduces key vocabulary, explains the concepts of weight, apparent weight, and drag force, and includes quizzes to assess understanding. The lesson emphasizes the relationship between gravitational force and mass, and the conditions leading to weightlessness and terminal velocity.

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Weight and Drag Force

This document is a lesson plan for Grade 9 Physics focusing on weight and drag force, specifically examining how drag force changes when a skydiver deploys a parachute. It introduces key vocabulary, explains the concepts of weight, apparent weight, and drag force, and includes quizzes to assess understanding. The lesson emphasizes the relationship between gravitational force and mass, and the conditions leading to weightlessness and terminal velocity.

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Science Department

2024 -2025
Grade 9
Physics

Module 4: Force in one Dimension


Lesson 2: Weight and Drag Force
Lesson 2

Weight and Drag Force


Focus Question

How does the drag force change after a


skydiver deploys their parachute?
New Vocabulary

weight
gravitational field
apparent weight
weightlessness
drag force
terminal velocity
Review Vocabulary

Viscosity: a measure of the


resistance of a liquid to flow,
which is affected by the size
and shape of particles, and
generally increases as the
temperature decreases and
intermolecular forces increase.
Weight

• Weight is the gravitational force


experienced by an object.
• Because weight is a force, the proper
unit used to measure weight is the
newton.
• This gravitational force is a field force
(non-contact force) whose magnitude
is directly proportional to the mass of
the object experiencing the force: Fg =
mg, where m is the mass of the object
and g is the gravitational field.
Quiz

Which is the gravitational force experienced by an


object?

A weight C drag
CORRECT

B velocity D mass
Weight

• The gravitational field is a


vector quantity that relates the
mass of an object to the
gravitational force it
experiences at a given location.

• Near Earth’s surface, g is 9.8


N/kg or m/s2 toward Earth’s
center.
Quiz

Near Earth’s surface, which is the value of the


gravitational field, g, toward Earth’s center?

A 8.9 N/kg C 9.8 N/kg CORRECT

B 9.8 kg/N D 8.9 kg/N


502 N

Use with Example Problem 2.


35.0 ●
kg
Problem Fg = mg
Arnold needs to lift a 35.0-kg rock. If he
exerts an upward force of 502 N on the rock,
what is the rock’s acceleration? SOLVE FOR THE UNKNOWN
• Determine the net force.
Response Fnet  FArnold on rock  FEarth’s mass on rock
SKETCH AND ANALYZE THE PROBLEM  502 N  35.0 kg9.8 N/kg
• Draw the situation and a free-body diagram.
 159 N
• List the knowns and unknowns. • Use Newton’s Second Law to find the
KNOWN UNKNOWN acceleration.
mrock = 35.0 kg a=? Fnet 159 N
a    4.54 m/s2
g = −9.8 m/s2 m 35.0 kg
EVALUATE THE ANSWER
• The sign makes sense because the net force
is upward.
Weight

• When you step on a scale,


the scale exerts an upward
support force on you.
• Apparent weight is the support
force exerted on an object.
• Apparent weight depends on how
you are accelerating.
• Weightlessness is the condition
where there are no contact forces
acting to support the object and the
object’s apparent weight is zero.
Weight
Quiz

Which is the condition where there are no contact


forces acting to support the object, and the object’s
apparent weight is zero?

A apparent weight C weightlessness CORRECT

B weight D gravitational field


Use with Example Problem 3.
Problem
You are in an elevator, standing on a bathroom scale. You notice that the scale
reads a weight that is less than your actual weight. (Assume that the scale is
correctly calibrated.)

a. Is the elevator moving at constant velocity, or is it accelerating?


b. If it is accelerating, what is the direction of the acceleration?

Response
a. Since the support force does not equal your weight, you must be accelerating.
b. The support force on you is less than your weight, so the elevator must be
accelerating downward.
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Drag Force

• A drag force is the force exerted


by a fluid on an object opposing
motion through the fluid.
• This force is dependent on the motion
of the object, the properties of the
object, and the properties of the fluid
(viscosity and temperature) that the
object is moving through.
• The constant velocity that is reached
when the drag force equals the force of
gravity is called the terminal velocity.
Drag Force
Quiz

Which is the force exerted by a fluid on an object


opposing motion through the fluid?

A external force C drag force CORRECT

B gravitational force D terminal force


Quiz

Which is the constant velocity that is reached


when the drag force equals the force of gravity?

A gravitational velocity C escape velocity

B apparent velocity D terminal velocity


CORRECT

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