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What is the acceleration due to gravity at the space station.

Video 1: Area of a rectangle
Video 2: Examples pertaining to areas of rectangles

Video 1: Area of a triangle
Video 2: Examples pertaining to the area of triangles
Video 3: Common mistakes made when calculating the area of a triangle
Note: Click on the 'back button' to return to the VLE after watching each video

Why do astronauts appear weightless despite being near the Earth?

Basics of gravity and the Law of Universal Gravitation.

This unit is about how things move along a straight line or, more scientifically, how things move in one dimension. Examples of this would be the movement (motion) of cars along a straight road or of trains along straight railway tracks.

Speed necessary for the space station to stay in orbit.

Viewing g as the value of Earth's gravitational field near the surface rather than the acceleration due to gravity near Earth's surface for an object in freefall.

An exploration of how the area under a force vs. position graph equals the work done by the force and solves some sample problems.

Outcomes

In this unit you will learn about:

• the concept of work
• understand that work is done by an applied force
• the concept of energy
• identify the different types of energy
• the concept of power