Balanced and Unbalanced Forces

Throwing a baseball across the field is an example of...

• An unbalanced force

• A balanced force

Check all of the examples of a BALANCED force.

• Riding your bike

• A book sitting on a table

• Sitting still at the top of a slide

• Dribbling a basketball

Two teams are playing tug of war, but the rope is not moving. Why?

• Both sides are pulling with an equal force, so it is a balanced force.

• One side is stronger than the other, so it is an unbalanced force.

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A baby is swinging in a baby swing. The baby's mom stops pushing the swing. What will happen to the motion of the baby over time?

• The baby will keep swinging back and forth forever

• It is impossible to predict the motion of the baby

• The baby will slow down and stop swinging

• The baby will move faster back and forth and then stop

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