Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Golf Physics



Hunter has a great idea for a field trip. He suggest to the class that we all go to a driving range to hit some golf balls. Suppose we go and on your first try you hit a golf ball that lands 100 meters away.
Use the following vocabulary to describe what happened with the golf ball.


22 comments:

Unknowen said...

gravity

Gavin said...

while the golf ball was sitting on the tee it was being acted on by a balanced force, but once hit with the club the ball is being acted on by a unbalanced force making it fly through the air.

Kayla said...

the golf ball has lots of things going on with it at that moment. It is using NEWTONS FIRST LAW of motion because it was a object in the air. so the ball would not get out of the air unless acted on by a outside force. also when the golf ball and the golf club it together there is going to be INERTIA involved. when the ball hits the club the ball will get lots of MOMENTUM to go that far. the DISTANCE is just how far the ball the ball went which in this case it's 100 meters away. and there is also DISPLACEMENT because it's not in the same spot that it started. while the ball is sitting on the tee it is a BALANCED FORCE. when the club actually hits the ball it is a UNBALANCED FORCE.

Anonymous said...

the golf ball's balanced force was on the tee which made it not move ,you hit it with a club and it suddenly flies inti the air because the force of the puck made the unblanced force move the ball

Anonymous said...

The golf ball was on the tee. It was being acted on by a balanced force. then when hit with the club the ball was being acted on by a unbalanced force making it go through the air.

Anonymous said...

The golf ball was on the tee and It was being acted on by a balanced force. then when hit with the club the ball was being acted on by a unbalanced force making it go through the air.

Lexsey D said...

When the golf ball is sitting on the tee the balanced force is being enacted. When someone hits the ball with a golf club the ball. That makes the unbalanced force be enacted which makes it fly thru the air.

Miranda Dearborn said...

When the golf ball is sitting on the tee the balanced force is being enacted. When someone hits the ball with a golf club the ball. That makes the unbalanced force be enacted which makes it fly thru the air.

Aiden Toy said...

It is using newtons first law cuz the golf ball will keep going after you hit it until acted on by an outside force. its using newtons second law because the ball moves in the same direction as the club swings. It is using the third law because the action is the club swinging and the reaction is the ball being hit 100 yds. The ball will only have a little bit of inertia which is the tendency of an object to resist change in its motion. The ball has momentum when it is hit, this is what carries it through the air. It does not specify where the displacement of the ball is. displacement is the distance the ball is from its starting point. The balls distance is 100 yards. distance is how far an object has traveled. there was a balanced force when the ball was sitting on the tee, but then there was an unbalanced force when the club hit the ball.

Anonymous said...

the ball has less inertia so it moves newtons second law states that the force generated by the golf club will cause the ball to move in the direction of the force

Grace L. said...

When the ball was on the tee it was using Newtons first law and it was a balanced force. When hunter hit the ball it was an unbalances force and it was showing Newtons second law. Also when the golf club hits the golf ball it is showing Newtons third law because when it hits the ball moves and the club stays. This then also shows inertia. Then when the ball travels 100 meters that is distance. If it hit a bunch of trees the came back only two meters from where it stated. That is displacement.

Anonymous said...

the golf ball is balanced until the golf club acts upon it and strikes it then it is not a balanced motion and when the golf ball is struck it traveling to a certain distance if the golf ball doesn't land where it wants to then it has displacement on it, when the ball is soaring through the air the momentum of the ball slows down when it hits the ground and comes to a rest the reason why the golfer didn't go flying back is because of inertia and that the mass of the golfer is more than the ball so the ball goes flying and the golfer doesn't newtons third law goes into this because when the ball is hit it goes far and the club doesn't but the ball is hitting the club and an equal reaction to make it so the ball is hit and goes somewhere newtons second law is in this because when the golfer swings the force of the golfers mass is going towards the ball so when the ball is hit it moves from the force of the golfer, Newton's first law is in this because when the golfer hits it doesnt stay still it moves and goes farther until graity pulls it down.

Sara tracy said...

the club will hit the ball and it includes newtons first law which is an object in motion stays in motion and an object at rest stays at rest unless acted on by an outside force. you will use displacement because displacement is the distance from when the golf ball started and the direction of where the ball is going to go. when the ball is hit it will need a lot of momentum to go far. the golf ball moves in the same direction that force applied to it because of Newton's second law. newton's third law is involved because the ball is still and then once the club hits it the third law comes into action.

Charlie F. said...

The golf ball has very little inertia because it has very little weight, because of that the golf ball may be easier to move. If the golf ball rests on a tee before you swing, it could fall of from gravity which is Newton's First Law of acted on objects from unseen forces. As you begin to swing you pick up momentum. Once you hit the ball it gets displaced to wherever it is going to land. Because the golf ball has little inertia, your ball was crushed into the driving range, following Newton's second law of motion of mass times acceleration. It lands at 100 yards of distance. In order for you to hit another ball that far you need to use unbalanced force instead of balanced force where two forces act on one object and have the same, whereas unbalanced is the opposite. You hit a second golf ball and the golf ball stays still until the action of the club hitting it effects the ball causing a reaction.

Reid said...

the ball has less inertia so it moves newtons second law states that the force generated by the golf club will cause the ball to move in the direction of the force

Anonymous said...

the golf ball is balanced until the golf club acts upon it and strikes it then it is not a balanced motion and when the golf ball is struck it traveling to a certain distance if the golf ball doesn't land where it wants to then it has displacement on it, when the ball is soaring through the air the momentum of the ball slows down when it hits the ground and comes to a rest the reason why the golfer didn't go flying back is because of inertia and that the mass of the golfer is more than the ball so the ball goes flying and the golfer doesn't newtons third law goes into this because when the ball is hit it goes far and the club doesn't but the ball is hitting the club and an equal reaction to make it so the ball is hit and goes somewhere newtons second law is in this because when the golfer swings the force of the golfers mass is going towards the ball so when the ball is hit it moves from the force of the golfer, Newton's first law is in this because when the golfer hits it doesnt stay still it moves and goes farther until graity pulls it down.

air man said...

i like air

lily said...

When the golf ball is on the tee the balanced force is being enacted. When someone hits the ball with a golf club the ball. That makes the unbalanced force be enacted which makes it fly thru the air.

Anonymous said...

The golf ball would stay at rest since it is currently being acted on by balanced forces, keeping it at rest. The ball would be part of an unbalanced force when the golf club hits the ball because the club would have more mass than the ball, causing the ball to move when hit by the club. Applying Newton's first law the ball will move because it is being acted on by an outside force. With Newton's second law the ball will move in the direction that the club is hitting it. With Newton's third law the ball will have an equal and opposite reaction from the club. The inertia of the golf ball would be to move in the direction that the club is moving combined with its weight and gravity. The golf ball's momentum would be subject to how hard you hit the ball, it's mass, and it's velocity. The golf ball could also have a displacement that is less than the distance of 100 meters, due to the fact that distance is how far the object traveled and displacement is how far the ball is from its starting point.

ZACH said...

while the golf ball was sitting on the tee it was being acted on by a balanced force, but once hit with the club the ball is being acted on by a unbalanced force making it fly through the air.

Anonymous said...

Golfing involves a lot of physics. Such as, in NEWTONS FIRST LAW it states that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. So a golf ball would stay at rest unless something acts on it. In NEWTONS SECOND LAW, it states that force goes in the direction of the object. When force is applied to the ball the force goes with the direction of the ball being hit in. In NEWTONS THIRD LAW, it states, every action, has an equal and opposite reaction. When the ball goes flying and the golfer doesn't it is because the ball has less INERTIA and more MOMENTUM than the golfer and the DISTANCE AND DISPLACEMENT of the ball is 100 meters away from the golfer. When the ball is at rest it is a BALANCED FORCE and when the golfer hits the ball it is an UNBALANCED FORCE.

Anonymous said...

The inertia from the swing from the person was so big that the momentum in the swing was able to unbalance the force between the golf ball and the pick.