Newton’s Laws and shopping carts falling out of truck
Watch the following video, the try to answer the questions below it:
- What is happening to the truck and the carts when the carts start following off the truck?
- What causes the carts to fall off the truck?
- While the truck is moving, the left row of carts doesn’t fall off the truck. Can you explain why they don’t?
- At about 7:57:52, the truck stops moving and yet the carts keep falling out. Explain what is causing this.
- When the truck is stopped, the left row of carts starts falling off the truck. Why do you think this happens?
Answers
No, the answers aren’t here. You need to figure them out yourself. If you have tips or questions you want to share, you may add them below, but if you give away too much I’ll delete them.
