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Physics Tutorial 4.1 - What Causes Motion? The Meaning of Force

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There are 4 lessons in this physics tutorial covering What Causes Motion? The Meaning of Force. The tutorial starts with an introduction to What Causes Motion? The Meaning of Force and is then followed with a list of the separate lessons, the tutorial is designed to be read in order but you can skip to a specific lesson or return to recover a specific physics lesson as required to build your physics knowledge of What Causes Motion? The Meaning of Force. you can access all the lessons from this tutorial below.

In this Physics tutorial, you will learn:

  • What is/are the factor/s affecting the motion?
  • What effects can a force cause on the object it acts?
  • What kind of quantity is force?
  • What is the unit of force?
  • How can we classify the forces?
  • How can we express a force in components?
  • How to find the resultant force?

Introduction

If you see a moving object such as a bird flying in the sky, a car moving on the road or a girl walking, do you think they are moving by themselves or maybe something is making them move?

Can you make something that is at rest, such as a stone, a cart etc., move without touching it? Why?

What about the planets revolving around themselves and the Sun? Do you think they move by themselves? Why?

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4.1What Causes Motion? The Meaning of Force
Lesson IDPhysics Lesson TitleLessonVideo
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4.1.1What causes motion?
4.1.2How are forces classified?
4.1.3What is Resultant Force?
4.1.4Expressing Forces in Components

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