Free-Body Diagrams

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What is a Free-Body Diagram?

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A graphical representation used to visualize the forces acting on an object.

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What are the two main factors that determine the amount of friction between two objects?

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Force and roughness between surfaces.

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What is the normal force?

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The force exerted by a surface to support the weight of an object resting on it, acting perpendicular to the surface.

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What is frictional force?

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The force that opposes the relative motion of two surfaces in contact.

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What is an example of harmful friction?

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Engine parts wearing out due to excessive friction.

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What is balanced force?

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Forces that are equal in size and opposite in direction, resulting in no change in motion.

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What is unbalanced force?

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Forces that are not equal and opposite, resulting in a change in motion.

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What is weight force?

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The force exerted by gravity on an object, calculated as mass times the acceleration due to gravity.

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What is thrust?

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The force that propels an object forward, often used in the context of engines or rockets.

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What is buoyant force?

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The upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of an object immersed in it.