Patient’s File: Sir Isaac Newton
Help Sir Isaac Newton remember who he is by answering the following questions from the websites listed. Remember to click the link on the website to make it easier.
1. In what year was Isaac Newton born? ______When did he die? ______
2. Isaac Newton was an English ______, ______, and a ______,
3. Why did his teachers think he was a poor student? ______
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4. Isaac Newton was able to get into college, but had to start learning at home. Why? ______
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5. One day Isaac Newton saw an apple fall to the ground. What did he conclude? ______
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6. What did this conclusion lead to? ______
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7. Describe Isaac Newton’s second discovery about light. ______
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8. Describe Isaac Newton’s third discovery about math. ______
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9. In 1696 he became the ______where the ______were made. There was a lot of ______. People were making their own coins. So the mint started replacing all the coins with ______. Newton would dress up in disguises so ______, and he would go out on the streets of ______to ______. He was ______in capturing the people who were responsible.
Help Sir Isaac Newton remember his 1st Law of Motion:
: Read about the 1st Law of Motion
Answer the following questions
10. What is the First Law of Motion? What is it called? ______
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11. Conduct the apple/worm activity. The apple at rest moved because of an ______force. What happened to the worm when the
apple moved? ______. What happened to the worm when the apple stopped?
______Why did the worm keep moving? ______
What was the external force that stopped the worm? ______
Answer the following questions
12. Imagine you have a toy car. It's sitting on the floor in front of you. You want the car to move, but it isn't going to unless some ______,
like your finger, gives it a ______. The car is at ______and, unless a ______like a ______or a ______acts on
it, it's going to stay at ______. Simple, right? Now here comes the tricky part.Once you give the car a ______, it is in
______. And guess what? It wants to stay in ______. But we all know that the toy car will eventually ______
and ______. Why? Because a ______called ______is slowing it down. Friction happens when things rub against
each other, and it ______things in motion. The toy car's tires rub against the floor, causing the ______that
______it down. Even the ______the car moves through creates friction.
Watch the video 1st Law of Motion to get a better understanding on inertia.No questions.
Watch the video Inertia.Answer the following questions.
13. What does inertia mean? ______
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14. What 3 things can the force of gravity do? ______
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15. Give an example of the 1st Law of Motion: Inertia. ______
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Help Sir Isaac Newton remember his 2nd Law of Motion
: Read about the 2nd Law of Motion
Answer the following questions
16. What is the 2nd law of motion? What does it describe? ______
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17. Conduct the activity to see how force, mass, and acceleration (the change in an objects speed and direction) are linked. Make sure to click the worm to change the force, and click the apple to change its mass. The white lines represent the acceleration. What can you conclude?
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18. According to 2nd Law, an object will accelerate in the direction that you ______it?
19. What is the formula Newton came up with? ______
20. Give an example of the 2nd Law of Motion. ______
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Watch the video: Gravity and Mass to answer the following questions
21. What is the invisible force between all objects? ______
22. What determines how strong the gravitational force is? ______
23. What is Mass? ______
24. What is Weight? ______
Watch the video: Velocity and Acceleration to answer the following questions
25. What is acceleration? A change in ______or ______.
26. Because of gravitational pull, the ______an object falls, the ______it falls.
Watch the video 2nd Law of Motion: Answer the following questions
27. If an object has a lot of mass, will it take a small or strong force to move it? ______
28. If you want to move an object, you must apply a ______in the ______you want it to go. To move it faster,
you must apply ______.
Help Sir Isaac Newton remember his 3rd Law of Motion
: Read about the 3rd Law of Motion
Answer the following questions
29. What is the 3rdlaw of motion?______
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30. Conduct the activity. What is creating the downward force? ______Based upon the activity, what
was the reaction? ______
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31. Give an example of the 3rd Law of Motion. ______
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Take the quiz: What is your score? ______
Watch the video 3rdLaw of Motion: Answer the following questions.
32. In the balloon rocket investigation (same as we did in class), what is the action force and what is the reaction force? ______
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