- Meters-per-Second-Squared-0.mp3
- Meters-per-Second-Squared-0.mp4
- Meters-per-Second-Squared-I.mp3
- Meters-per-Second-Squared-I.mp4
- Meters-per-Second-Squared-intro.mp3
[Intro]
Is it what I ate?
(Or nine point 8)
Meters per second squared
(I’m there)
Pulling me down
(Pound per pound)
[Bridge]
(Explanation:)
Acceleration
(Moving while I’m standing still)
Still…
Moving (velocity due to gravity)
Moving me
[Chorus]
Is it what I ate?
(Or nine point 8)
Meters per second squared
(I’m there)
Pulling me down
(Pound per pound)
[Verse]
Distance (divided by)
(Dividing velocity by time)
Seconds squared (thought it rare)
Now! I’m right there.
[Bridge]
(Explanation:)
Acceleration
(Moving while I’m standing still)
Still…
Moving (velocity due to gravity)
Moving me
[Chorus]
Is it what I ate?
(Or nine point 8)
Meters per second squared
(I’m there)
Pulling me down
(Pound per pound)
Down, down, down
(Pound per pound)
[Outro]
Pulling me down
(Pound per pound)
Down, down, down
(Pound per pound)
A SCIENCE NOTE
Weight
- Definition: Weight is the force exerted on an object due to gravity.
- Properties:
- It is a vector quantity (it has both magnitude and direction, pointing toward the center of the gravitational source).
- Weight depends on the gravitational field strength, so it changes based on location.
- Measured in newtons (N) in the SI system.
- Calculated using the formula: W=m⋅g
- Where:
- is weight.
- is mass.
- is the gravitational acceleration (approximately 9.8 m/s^2 on Earth).
- The “s” in 9.8 m/s2 stands for seconds, and the unit as a whole—meters per second squared (m/s²)—represents acceleration.
Explanation of m/s2
- m: Stands for meters, a unit of distance.
- s2: Refers to seconds squared, which comes from dividing velocity (meters per second, or m/s) by time (seconds, or s).