Combining Forces

The _____ force acting on an object is the combination of all of the individual forces acting on it.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Any push or pull acting on an object is called a(n) _____.

When two forces act on an object in opposite directions, you calculate the net force by

• adding the two forces.

• multiplying the two forces.

• finding the larger of the two forces.

• subtracting the two forces

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

The net force acting on an object equals the sum of the individual forces when the two forces are acting in the ______ direction.

• opposite

• same

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

If an object sitting on a surface has equal forces acting on it in opposite directions, then the net force equals zero.

• true

• false

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

The net force acting on you when you sit still in a chair is zero.

• true

• false

if a person is kicking a ball at the same time another person is kicking the ball and one person kicks with 47N and the second person kicks with 83.5N what is the net force?

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

If two people are moving a object together and on person is pulling with 42 N and the other is pushing with 39 N what is the net force.

• 71

• 76

• 81

• 91

• 86

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

if two forces act on a object in the same direction how do you calculate the net force

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The definition of net force is

• net force is the value of all your possessions and money combined.

• net force is a vector that is defined as the rate of how a object changes by velocity.

• Net force is a combination of all individual acting forces on a object.

• net forces has no definition it means nothing

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2