English National Curriculum - Science
Mission Objectives
Describe qualitatively examples where several forces lead to a resultant force on an object
Create scale drawings to determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant force
Use the parallelogram of forces to calculate the size and direction of a resultant force
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Words and meanings to learn
parallelogram
a four-sided polygon (quadrilateral) where opposite sides are parallel and of equal length
parallelogram of forces
a method used to determine the resultant of two forces acting at a point
vector
a quantity that has both magnitude and direction, used to represent forces in diagrams
protractor
a measuring instrument used to draw and measure angles, typically in degrees
resultant force
the single force that represents the combined effect of multiple forces acting on an object
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