Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Challenge

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What is a balanced force?

Back

Balanced forces are two or more forces acting on an object that cancel each other out, resulting in no change in motion.

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What is an unbalanced force?

Back

Unbalanced forces occur when two or more forces acting on an object do not cancel each other out, causing the object to accelerate in the direction of the net force.

Front

Give an example of an unbalanced force.

Back

A baseball that has been thrown to home plate.

Front

What happens to an object when it experiences unbalanced forces?

Back

The object will accelerate in the direction of the net force.

Front

What is net force?

Back

Net force is the overall force acting on an object after all the individual forces are combined.

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How do you find the net force when two forces are acting in the same direction?

Back

You add the magnitudes of the two forces together.

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What is the effect of balanced forces on the motion of an object?

Back

Balanced forces do not change the motion of an object; it either remains at rest or continues to move at a constant speed.

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What is acceleration?

Back

Acceleration is the rate at which an object changes its velocity, which can involve speeding up, slowing down, or changing direction.

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What can cause acceleration?

Back

Acceleration can be caused by unbalanced forces acting on an object.

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Give an example of a balanced force.

Back

An asteroid moving at a constant speed through space.