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As you read Chapter 6, which begins on page 136 of your textbook, answer the following questions.
Imagine . . . (p. 136)
1. What is the Vomit Comet?
2. In this chapter you will learn how
affects the of objects and how the
of apply to your life.
What Do You Think? (p. 137)
Answer these questions in your ScienceLog now. Then later, you’llhave a chance to revise your answers based on what you’ve learned.
Investigate! (p. 137)
3. What is the purpose of this activity?
Section 1: Gravity and Motion (p. 138)
4. Do you agree with what Aristotle might say, that the basketballwould land first, then the baseball, then the marble? Explain.
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All Objects Fall with the Same Acceleration (p. 138)
5. Did Galileo prove Aristotle wrong? Explain.
6. What does 9.8 m/s/s have to do with acceleration?
Air Resistance Slows Down Acceleration (p. 139)
7. Why does a crumpled piece of paper hit the ground before a flatsheet of paper?
8. Air resistance is affected by the
and of an object.
9. Air resistance matches the whenthe net force equals zero. (acceleration or force of gravity)
10. When a falling object stops , it has
reached velocity.
11. If there were no air resistance, hailstones woulda. hit the Earth at velocities near 350 m/s.b. float gently to the ground like snowflakes.c. melt before they hit the ground.d. behave exactly as they do now.
12. A sky diver experiences free fall. True or False? (Circle one.)
13. Free fall occurs because of high air resistance. True or False? (Circle one.)
Orbiting Objects Are in Free Fall (p. 141)
14. An astronaut is weightless in space. True or False? (Circle one.)
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15. The shuttle in Figure 7 follows the curve of the Earth’s surface as
it moves at a constant speed. At
the same time, it is in because ofthe Earth’s gravity.
16. Why don’t astronauts hit their head on the ceiling of the fallingshuttle?
17. Earth’s gravity provides a forcethat keeps the moon in orbit.
Projectile Motion and Gravity (p. 143)
18. The projectile motion of a leaping frog has two components—
and .
Mark each of the following statements True or False.
19. The components of projectile motion affect eachother.
20. Horizontal motion of an object is parallel to theground.
21. Ignoring air resistance, the horizontal velocity of athrown object never changes.
22. On Earth, gravity gives thrown objects their down-ward vertical motion.
23. If you shoot an arrow aimed directly at the bull’s-eye of your tar-get, where will the arrow hit your target? Why?
Review (p. 144)
Now that you’ve finished Section 1, review what you’ve learned byanswering the Review questions in your ScienceLog.
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As you read Chapter 6, which begins on page 136 of your textbook, answer the following questions.
Imagine . . . (p. 136)
1. What is the Vomit Comet?
The Vomit Comet is the KC-135 airplane, a plane designed to fly at high
speeds and different angles to simulate the effect of reduced gravity.
2. In this chapter you will learn how
affects the of objects and how the
of apply to your life.
What Do You Think? (p. 137)
Answer these questions in your ScienceLog now. Then later, you’llhave a chance to revise your answers based on what you’ve learned.
Investigate! (p. 137)
3. What is the purpose of this activity?
The purpose of this activity is to observe the effect of gravity on a
falling object.
Section 1: Gravity and Motion (p. 138)
4. Do you agree with what Aristotle might say, that the basketballwould land first, then the baseball, then the marble? Explain.
Accept any reasonable answer. Sample answer: No; I think that the
baseball would fall faster than the basketball because it has a higher
density.
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motion
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DIRECTED READING WORKSHEET6
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All Objects Fall with the Same Acceleration (p. 138)
5. Did Galileo prove Aristotle wrong? Explain.
Yes; Galileo dropped two cannonballs of different masses from the
Leaning Tower of Pisa. The cannonballs hit at the same time, proving
that the mass of an object does not affect the rate at which it falls.
6. What does 9.8 m/s/s have to do with acceleration?
All objects accelerate toward Earth at a rate of 9.8 m/s/s. For every second
an object falls its downward velocity increases by 9.8 m/s.
Air Resistance Slows Down Acceleration (p. 139)
7. Why does a crumpled piece of paper hit the ground before a flatsheet of paper?
The flat piece of paper falls more slowly because of air resistance.
8. Air resistance is affected by the
and of an object.
9. Air resistance matches the whenthe net force equals zero. (acceleration or force of gravity)
10. When a falling object stops , it has
reached velocity.
11. If there were no air resistance, hailstones woulda. hit the Earth at velocities near 350 m/s.b. float gently to the ground like snowflakes.c. melt before they hit the ground.d. behave exactly as they do now.
12. A sky diver experiences free fall. True or False? (Circle one.)
13. Free fall occurs because of high air resistance. True or False? (Circle one.)
Orbiting Objects Are in Free Fall (p. 141)
14. An astronaut is weightless in space. True or False? (Circle one.)
terminal
accelerating
force of gravity
shape
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15. The shuttle in Figure 7 follows the curve of the Earth’s surface as
it moves at a constant speed. At
the same time, it is in because ofthe Earth’s gravity.
16. Why don’t astronauts hit their head on the ceiling of the fallingshuttle?
Astronauts don’t hit their head on the falling shuttle because they are in
free fall just like the shuttle is.
17. Earth’s gravity provides a forcethat keeps the moon in orbit.
Projectile Motion and Gravity (p. 143)
18. The projectile motion of a leaping frog has two components—
and .
Mark each of the following statements True or False.
19. False The components of projectile motion affect eachother.
20. True Horizontal motion of an object is parallel to theground.
21. True Ignoring air resistance, the horizontal velocity of athrown object never changes.
22. True On Earth, gravity gives thrown objects their down-ward vertical motion.
23. If you shoot an arrow aimed directly at the bull’s-eye of your tar-get, where will the arrow hit your target? Why?
It will hit below the bull’s eye because the arrow accelerates downward as
it moves forward.
Review (p. 144)
Now that you’ve finished Section 1, review what you’ve learned byanswering the Review questions in your ScienceLog.
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