Balancing Forces Chapters 3 & 4 Quiz

What word means, "the pull between Earth and other objects, which acts even without touching"?

• exert

• non-touching force

• gravity

• balanced forces

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What are balanced forces?

• forces that make something move

• multiple forces of equal strength acting on an object

• to cause a force to act on an object

• It will go up.

• It will go down.

• It will go backward.

• It will stay in the air.

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Which type of force is gravity?

• attracting

• repelling

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Gravity is a

• touching force.

• non-touching force.

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An object must move to show that more than one force is acting on it.

• true

• false

When forces are balanced on an object, the object will not move.

• true

• false

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Which of the following is evidence of an unbalanced force?

• The object stays still.

• The object moves.

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Which two forces are acting on the paperclip?

• magnetic force and air

• gravity and air

• static electricity and gravity

• gravity and magnetic force

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The paper clip is an example of a(n)

• balanced force.

• unbalanced force.