Force and motion trouble spots

What is the net force acting on an object?

• The difference of all the individual forces acting on an object.

• The sum of all the individual forces acting on an object.

• box with arrows

• The amount of gravity being applied to objects

Answer explanation

This is what a net force question looks like

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What is weight?

• the reason why the planets are arranged the way they are

• The total net force

• A measure of the gravitational force

• The amount of matter in an object

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_________ are the metric units for weight

Answer explanation

You will be asked to find the metric units for weight. Don't confuse english units for metric units!

In your OWN words, what is a balanced force?

Answer explanation

The force being applied to both sides cancels out

OR the net force is 0 therefore there is NO change in motion.

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Draw an unbalanced force

Answer explanation

Your drawing should hae something simular to force on one side of an object is greater than the other.

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What is gravity?

• Force of attraction between two masses.

• The thing that keeps humans on the earth

• the process of photosynthesis

• The reason why DNA - by bts was created

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What is mass?

• A measure of the gravitational force

• How big an object is

• the amount of atoms in sulfur

• The amount of matter in an object

__________ is the metric units for mass

What two factors does gravity depend on?

• Mass

• the mass of the object doing the pulling

• Weight

• the distance from the center of that object

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