Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Hovercraft Questions

1. Riding ob the hovercraft was fun and what it did was make a loud noise, vibrate a little, and slide smoothly across the floor. I would tell anyone to try riding a hovercraft because it was cool and an experience that everyone should have done. Riding a skateboard and sled is different because it wouldn't keep in motion with all the friction under it.
2. I learned that the hovercraft kept going because of inertia, Newton's first law; an object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon another force. The hovercraft was at equilibrium when it was moving at a constant velocity, with 0Newtons. Also when we were stopped (at rest).
3. Acceleration seems to depend on the amount of force being pushed or pulled, and this force helps the acceleration speed up/increase.
4. I was having/in constant velocity when I kept moving across the floor on the hovercraft in a straight line at the same amount of force from first push.
5. Some members were harder to push or move because of their weight. If they were heavier, it would take/we would have to make/do a bigger force to push and move them across the floor and hover.
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