Chapter 4
Dynamics: Newton's Laws of Motion

SmartBoard Pre-Lecture Notes for Chapter 4
Chapter 4 Giancoli 6th Edition Web Resources
AP Syllabus
Chapter 4 Homework
Chapter Outline:
- 4-1 Force (pg. 72)
- Force is a vector quantity
- Contact versus
long-range forces
- Types of forces
4-2 Newton's 1st Law of Motion (pg. 73)
RE:
Newton's 1st Law
- Objects in motion
and at rest
4-3 Mass (pg.
75)
- The measure of
inertia
- SI unit for mass
- Mass and weight
4-4 Newton's 2nd
Law of
Motion (pg. 75)
RE:
Newton's 2nd Law
- Relate force, mass
and acceleration
- Simple force
problems
4-5
Newton's 3rd law of Motion (pg. 77)
RE:
Newton's 3rd Law
4-6 Weight,
the Force of Gravity and the
Normal Force (pg. 80)
- Physical models:
free-body diagrams
4-7 Solving
Problems with
Newton's Laws (pg. 84)
4-8
Applications Involving Friction,
Inclines (pg. 90)
- Definition of friction: relate friction and the normal force
- Static friction
- Kinetic friction
- Graphic
representation of friction
- 2 dimensional
force problems
Coefficient of Kinetic Friction Lab
RE:
Lab Information
4-9
Problem Solving and
Review of Forces (pg.
96)
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