Balanced Forces

Balanced forces can cause

• an object to speed up or slow down

• an object to stay still or move at a constant speed and direction

this force is ___________ and there will be 

• unbalanced, no movement

• balanced, movement to the left

• balanced, no movement

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If all four forces are balanced, the plane will

• plummet to the ground

• fly faster and faster

• fly slower and slower

• fly at a constant speed and direction

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These forces are...

• Balanced

• Unbalanced

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What is true about this image?

• It shows unbalance forces.

• It shows balanced forces.

• The people on the right are winning.

• The people on the left are winning.

Are forces balanced or unbalanced when skateboarding down a ramp?

• Balanced

• Unbalanced

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A _____ is a pull or a push.

• force

• friction

• gravity

• speed

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Which of the answer choices is not an characteristic of a balanced force?

• no change in motion

• moving at a constant speed

• net force of zero

• causes a change in motion

If you are pushing a chair 50 N toward your friend and your friend is pulling the chair in the opposite direction, what is the net force?

• net force of 0

• 100 N towards you

• 100 N towards your friend

• 10 N towards you and your friend

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What happens to an object when balanced forces act on it?

• It speeds up

• It slows down

• It changes direction

• It remains at a constant speed

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