Archimedes and Acceleration

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Pre-test/ Study Guide

Bell Work

How does Archimedes principle apply to this picture? The metal cylinder originally was balanced with the metal piece on the other end. Now it is not

Answer this thought in your notebooks and draw a sketch of the setup.

Bellwork

Video and Discussion

Archimedes Four SquareUsing only your Prentice Hall Book – Draw this in your notebook and answer each

Square. You will have 20 minutes to quietly work on this.

Density1. What is the formula for density?2. How do you know if an object will float

or sink?3. Answer predicting question (in Figure 7

explanation on page 425)

Buoyancy1. What is the buoyant force?2. Copy the Figure 10 on page 427 but

DRAW THE FORCE ARROWS THE WAY WE LEARNED IN CLASS! Draw in the net force on each of the objects.

3. What force acts opposite the buoyant force?

Archimedes’ Principle(Page 427-9)1. What is “Archimedes’ Principle?”2. Why did the two canisters in Figure 11

displace different amounts of water?(Displace means to move…)

3. Does the buoyant force change on a submarine as it rises or sinks?

Practice1. Copy figure 12 on page 4292. Why does the boat float when another

object with a similar mass sinks?3. How does this apply to the boat you

made in the Penny Lab?

Acceleration!

AccelerationLet’s Review: What is Speed? Velocity?

What is a Vector?

Acceleration: RATE at which velocity changes

Refers to INCREASING speed, DECREASING speed, or CHANGING direction.

Is Acceleration a Vector?

A softball accelerates when it is thrown, hit, or caught. What

change in motion occurs in each example?

Thrown- ball accelerates as it is thrown

Hit- ball changes directionCaught- ball decelerates (negative

acceleration)

How can a car be accelerating if its speed is constant at 65 km/h?

The arrows are larger as the plane increases speed or accelerates…the arrows represent the vector quantity.

Calculating Acceleration

Final Velocity - Initial Velocity

Time

Vf - Vi

t

Beginning Velocity

Final Velocity

Time

a =

Example:As a roller coaster starts down a slope, its

velocity is 4 m/s. But 3 seconds later, its velocity is 22 m/s in the same direction.

What is its acceleration?Initial Velocity: 4 m/sFinal Velocity: 22 m/s

Time: 3 s

Final Velocity – Initial Velocity/ Time22 m/s – 4 m/s

3 s

18 m/s = 6 m/s/s or 6 m/s2

3 s

Graphing Acceleration Speed vs. Time

Graph Upward means

speed is increasingLine is straight means acceleration is constant

A horizontal line (flat) would mean that the object is moving at a constant speed.

Slope on a speed vs. time graph represents acceleration

Distance vs. Time Graph Curved line means

that the objects is accelerating (nonlinear).

During each second, the object traveled a greater distance than the second before.

Slope is speed and since slope is getting steeper and steeper, you can conclude that speed is also increasing…or that the object is accelerating.

Let’s Practice

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