Exploring Balanced and Unbalanced Forces

What is a force in the context of physics?

• A measurement of speed

• A type of energy

• A push or a pull exerted on an object

• A form of light

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What results when multiple forces acting on an object cancel each other out?

• Increased weight

• Balanced force

• Unbalanced force

• Decreased mass

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What happens when the resultant force on an object is not zero?

• The object remains stationary

• The object experiences unbalanced forces

• The object levitates

• The object becomes lighter

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What type of forces were acting on the person while falling?

• No forces

• Magnetic forces

• Unbalanced forces

• Balanced forces

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Which force pulls objects towards the center of the Earth?

• Gravitational force

• Frictional force

• Normal force

• Magnetic force

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What does it mean when forces are unbalanced?

• The object will not experience any force

• The object will move

• The object will change color

• The object will increase in mass

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What is the role of the normal force when standing on the ground?

• It moves us sideways

• It pushes us upwards

• It has no effect

• It pulls us downwards

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Why don't we fall into the center of the Earth?

• Due to the absence of forces

• Because of balanced forces between gravitational and normal forces

• Because the Earth is flat

• Because of the Earth's rotation

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What ensures that we do not sink into the ground?

• Only gravitational force

• Lack of gravitational force

• Only normal force

• Balanced forces between gravitational and normal forces