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Balanced vs unbalanced forces — Homework
Decide whether each scenario shows balanced or unbalanced forces, and explain the motion.
- 1.Two equally strong friends push opposite sides of a door at the same time. Balanced or unbalanced? What happens?
- 2.A ball sitting still on flat ground suddenly starts rolling after a gust of wind. What kind of force acted on it?
- 3.A book rests on a table without moving. True or false: no forces are acting on it at all.
- 4.Describe a balanced-forces example and an unbalanced-forces example you can find at home.
- 5.Why does a book resting on a table stay still even though gravity is always pulling it down?
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