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Forces and Acceleration Worksheet

Forces and Acceleration Worksheet

Trolley with forces illustration

🚀 Part 1: Making Predictions

1. Before we start our experiment, what do you think will happen? Circle your prediction:

A heavier trolley will move faster when pushed

A lighter trolley will move faster when pushed

Both trolleys will move at the same speed

2. Draw what you think will happen when you push a trolley with different forces:
3. Complete this sentence:

When I push harder, the trolley will move ________________

📊 Part 2: Recording Our Experiment

4. Fill in your experiment results:

Experiment 1: Light trolley (no weights)

Force applied: _______ Newtons

Mass of trolley: _______ grams

Time to travel 1 metre: _______ seconds

How fast it accelerated: _______ (fast/medium/slow)

Experiment 2: Heavy trolley (with weights)

Force applied: _______ Newtons

Mass of trolley: _______ grams

Time to travel 1 metre: _______ seconds

How fast it accelerated: _______ (fast/medium/slow)

5. What did you notice? Tick all that are true:

The heavier trolley was slower to speed up

The lighter trolley was faster to speed up

More force made the trolley go faster

Less force made the trolley go slower

📈 Part 3: Drawing Our Results

6. Draw a simple graph showing what happened to acceleration when we changed the force:
7. Draw arrows to show the forces acting on the trolley:

🔍 Part 4: Understanding Patterns

8. Complete these sentences about what you observed:

When the force increases, the acceleration ________________

When the mass increases, the acceleration ________________

To make something heavy speed up quickly, you need ________________

9. Explain Newton's Second Law in your own words or draw a picture:

🌟 Part 5: Real Life Examples

10. Match these real-life examples with Newton's Second Law:
1. Pushing a shopping trolley
2. Kicking a football
3. Riding a bicycle
A. Harder kick = ball goes faster
B. Empty trolley easier to push than full one
C. Pedal harder to go faster uphill
11. Choose one real-life example and explain how Newton's Second Law works:

My example: ________________

12. Circle the situations where Newton's Second Law applies:

Pushing a heavy box across the floor

A car speeding up at traffic lights

Throwing a tennis ball

All of the above

🤔 Part 6: Reflection

13. What did you learn about forces and motion today?
14. What was the most interesting part of the experiment?
15. Draw or write one thing you want to remember about Newton's Second Law:

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