Monday, February 2, 2009

Current Event: Super Bowl Relates to Science?!


There are three laws Isaac Newton has created. The first law is force exerted on an object to keep it moving simply to overcome friction, and friction is always present. An example is, like when Lance Armstrong rides his bike in the Tour de France, he doesn't have to peddle his bike the entire time. He can peddle the bike then when he stops the bikes wheels keep on moving. However, the bike eventually will stop if he doesn't starts peddling because there is no force being exerted. The second law is, an objects force is equal to the power of acceleration and mass. (force= mass x acceleration). Such as, it takes less force to move a smaller object and more force to move a larger object. In the Super Bowl, both teams, the Cardinals and the Steelers threw passes. Each pass was thrown differently because on throw could have been a short pass while another is a long pass. For each pass a different amount of force is accelerated to the footballs' pass. If he were to push a real car he would put more force on to the car. Last but not least, there is the third law. If one object exerts force on an object the object exerts pressure on what is putting force on it. For example, if a boy is getting off a boat that is on water the boat moves back as the boy moves forward. I feel this topic is very useful to learn because these are three laws of motion that no scientist has been able to call false or untrue. Also, people can use the the three laws relating to everyday life.

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