Balanced and Unbalanced Forces pt.2

A push or a pull that causes the motion of an object to change is called....

• Gravity

• Force

• Direction

• Change

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What are balanced forces?

• The force that pulls objects down.

• A force that causes motion.

• The process of moving or changing positions.

• When two equal forces act in opposite directions and there is no motion.

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What is motion?

• The process of moving or changing positions.

• A push or a pull.

• When objects do not move.

• A force that pulls objects down.

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The force that pulls falling objects towards the earth is called...

• gravity

• motion

• direction

• unbalanced force.

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Forces that are equal in size and opposite directions are called...

• unbalanced forces

• gravity

• balanced forces

• motion

_____________________ forces can cause objects to move or change its motion.

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________________ forces do not move or change direction.

Which choice is not an example of a balanced force?

• When playing a game of tug-of-war, if one person pulls the rope harder than the other person and cause them to fall.

• When playing a game of war both people use the same amount of force and the rope does not move.

• Two people unable to move a heavy sofa from off the ground.

• A child sitting still because their parent asked them not to move.

Is this image an example of a balanced or unbalanced force?

• balanced

• unbalanced

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Balanced forces are....

• equal

• unequal