Science6 Q3 Mod2 Calago
Science6 Q3 Mod2 Calago
Science6 Q3 Mod2 Calago
Department of Education
Regional Office IX, Zamboanga Peninsula
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SCIENCE
Quarter 3 - Module 2
Effects of Gravity on the
Movement of Objects
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What’s In
To start, let us take a review about the lesson that you have learned from
Module 1 Week 1. Let us try this activity.
Directions: Study the relationships of four pictures below. Identify the word that
tells about the common concept drawn from the four pictures. Write your answer in
the boxes below. The number of spaces in the box is the same as the number of letter
the word has.
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Activity 2: Recognize Me!
Directions: Read each statement carefully. Select the type of friction listed in the
word bank that is described in each item. Write your answer in the
blank space provided.
Word Bank
What’s New
Activity 3: Going Up and Down
Note: Perform this activity with adult supervision.
1. Hold a small ball and a coin. Put them on your left palm. Throw them up.
Observe the objects.
2. Drop a sheet of paper and a crumpled paper at the same time. Observe the
objects.
Write down your observations.
1. a. What happens when you throw the ball and the coin?
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b. Which of them reached the floor first? Why do you think so?
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2. a. What happened when you dropped the crumpled paper and the flat sheet
of paper?
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b. Which of the papers reached the floor first? Why?
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Share your knowledge:
What is it
Anything that is thrown upward falls. This is because of gravity. Gravity is
the force that pulls objects toward the ground. When an object falls, it moves faster
and faster toward the ground. Falling objects are examples of accelerated motion due
to the force of gravity.
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In your activity, the ball and the coin that you have thrown upward fell to
the ground at the same time. According to Galileo Galilei, gravity imposes a constant
acceleration on all objects. He also found out that all objects are accelerated by
gravity in the same way.
But, why is it that a sheet of paper falls more slowly than a crumpled one?
Have you seen a parachute? Describe its movement. Why does a parachute
move slowly? How is the sheet of paper similar to a parachute? Are parachutes
important? Why?
Your activity on the falling papers shows that air resistance affects
movement of falling objects. The sheet of paper falls slowly because of air resistance.
The surface area of the sheet of paper is greater than the crumpled one and is affected
by the air which causes it to drop slowly. The crumpled paper has a smaller surface
area which is not affected by air so it moves faster. The greater is the surface area of
falling object, the greater is the air resistance that affects its movement.
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This concept is similar to the use of parachute. A parachute falls slowly
because of air resistance so it gives the assurance that the person using it will land
safely. Its umbrella-shaped canopy reduces the speed of a falling object or person.
Therefore, parachutes are used as lifesaving devices by skydivers, balloonists, pilots
and passengers of aircrafts.
Have you ever ridden a bicycle in going up a hill or mountain? Describe how
you pedal. Why do you find difficulty in accelerating when you go up? Compare your
rate of movement when you go downhill.
You find it difficult to go upward because you are going against gravity. Gravity
is pulling you down and you need to apply greater force for you to move faster. You
need to apply great force to pedal the bicycle for you to overcome gravity and be able
to go up. But when you go downhill, it will be easy to move faster because gravity is
pulling you down. You don’t need to pedal to be able to go down. Gravity pulls you
downward. You don’t have to exert force to move because the wheels of the bicycle
automatically roll as they are pulled by the gravity.
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Gravitational Force
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Gravitational force is the force of attraction between all masses in the
universe, especially the attraction of Earth’s mass for bodies near its surface. The
more distant the body from the Earth, the less the gravitational force of attraction is.
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The moon stays on its orbit due to the gravity of Earth’s gravitational force pulls objects
Earth. The combination of the moon’s inertia toward it.
and the force of gravity between the moon and
Earth keeps the moon orbiting the Earth. The
force pulling it inward causes the acceleration.
This acceleration is caused by gravity.
When you drop a plastic ball and metal ball from the same height at the same
time, the balls fall to the ground. The force that acts on the objects is gravitational
force. You observed that there is a difference in the falling speed between the two
balls. The ball with the greater mass falls at a greater speed while the ball with the
lesser mass falls with the lesser speed. You concluded that heavy objects fall faster
than lighter ones.
Try to drop two pieces of paper of the same kind and mass--- one is crumpled
and the other one is not crumpled. Will it give the same result? You will observe that
even the pieces of paper have the same mass, the crumpled paper will land on the
ground first.
It is important to realize that objects falling on Earth must pass through air.
When you drop the crumpled paper and the plain sheet of paper at the same height,
you will notice that the crumpled one lands on the ground first. Air resistance acts
against the motion of the plain sheet of paper more than it does against the crumpled
paper. As a result, the air slows down the movement of the plain sheet paper more
than it does with the crumpled paper.
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The hammer will fall faster than the Hammer and feather fall at the same
feather when dropped on earth. speed when dropped on the moon due to
absence of air resistance.
The speed of falling objects will be different on Earth and on the moon. If the
air is removed, the air resistance will disappear. When the hammer and feather is
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dropped on Earth at the same time, the hammer will fall faster than the feather. Air
resistance acts against the feather, which slows down its falling.
But if you drop the feather and the hammer at the same time on the moon,
the hammer and the feather will fall at the same speed. The moon has no air;
therefore, there is no resistance acting on the falling object.
Scientist have learned that when the effects of air resistance are removed,
objects of different weights fall at the same speed. In addition, air resistance may be
too small to matter for objects that are fairly compact. Over short distances, such
objects fall at the same speed.
When you throw an object upward, you apply force. What you throw up goes
down because there is a force that pulls the object to the ground. Gravitational force
pulls down anything toward the center of the earth. Objects fall toward the ground
because of gravitational pull.
The spring scale attached to an object measures how much force you need to
use to lift the object. The force of gravity exerted on an object is called the weight of
an object. Weight is measured in newtons. The spring scale shows that the direction
of gravity is downward. It also shows that weight is the downward force of gravity on
an object.
What’s More
Activity 4: Complete Me, Buddy!
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What I Have Learned
Now, that you already learned the effect of gravity on the movements of objects.
Let’s try to answer this activity to reinforce your knowledge to this lesson.
Directions: Use the words in the box to complete each statement. Write
your answer on the space provided before the number.
What I Can Do
Activity 6: Check your Understanding
Directions: Read and analyze each question. Answer in 1-5 sentences. Your points
will be based on the given rubrics. Write your answer on the space provided.
1. A skydiver who jumps from a plane quickly falls toward the ground. When he
opens his parachute, he begins to slow down. Explain the forces that are
acting on it.
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2. Earth is attracted to the sun by the force of gravity. Why is it that Earth does
not fall into the sun?
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3. Why do objects fall toward the center of the Earth?
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Rubrics:
Points Description
At least 3 sentences with correct answer/concept
5 is/are written.
Subject-verb agreement is evident
At least 2 sentences with correct answer/concept
4 is/are written.
With 1-2 errors in grammar
At least 1 sentence with correct answer/concept is
written.
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Concept is not clear
With 3 errors in grammar
Ideas presented are not clear.
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With more than 3 errors in grammar
Assessment
Direction: Read and analyze each statement. Shade the letter of the best
answer.
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A B C D 6. Which refers to the force that pulls everything down or
attracts a body toward the center of the Earth?
A. gravity B. friction C. motion D. reaction
A B C D 7.
A girl placed the tennis ball along the edge of a table.
After sometime, the ball rolls down and falls on the floor.
A
B
C
D
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Answer Key
References
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