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    The document discusses identifying balanced and unbalanced forces. It provides examples of forces labeled with magnitudes and asks the reader to determine whether the forces are balanced or unbalanced, and the direction of motion if unbalanced. The reader is asked to label examples of forces as push, pull, friction, gravity, compression, or tension, and again determine if they are balanced or unbalanced, and the direction of motion. The final question asks what will happen to a skydiver when the downward force of gravity equals the upward force of air resistance.

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    The document discusses identifying balanced and unbalanced forces. It provides examples of forces labeled with magnitudes and asks the reader to determine whether the forces are balanced or unbalanced, and the direction of motion if unbalanced. The reader is asked to label examples of forces as push, pull, friction, gravity, compression, or tension, and again determine if they are balanced or unbalanced, and the direction of motion. The final question asks what will happen to a skydiver when the downward force of gravity equals the upward force of air resistance.

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    The document discusses identifying balanced and unbalanced forces. It provides examples of forces labeled with magnitudes and asks the reader to determine whether the forces are balanced or unbalanced, and the direction of motion if unbalanced. The reader is asked to label examples of forces as push, pull, friction, gravity, compression, or tension, and again determine if they are balanced or unbalanced, and the direction of motion. The final question asks what will happen to a skydiver when the downward force of gravity equals the upward force of air resistance.

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    Name ___________________________________ Date ___________________ Period _______

    Identifying Forces

    Background: Forces have a magnitude AND direction. Forces are usually identified by arrows;
    arrows point in the direction of the force and the length of the arrow indicates how strong it is.
    In the cases below, each force will be labeled with its magnitude to prevent confusion.
    Unbalanced forces cause a change in the object’s motion, causing it to move in the direction of
    the stronger force. Balanced forces, on the other hand, cancel each other out and DO NOT
    change an object’s motion.

    Review:

    A force can be identified by _____________________ AND _____________________

    How do balanced forces affect an object’s motion?


    ______________________________________________________________________________

    How do unbalanced forces affect an object’s motion?


    ______________________________________________________________________________

    Directions: for each, identify if the forces are balanced or unbalanced and which direction it will
    move.
    1. 2. 3.

    20N 20N 10N

    20N 20N 40N 10N 20N 30N

    20N 20N 40N


    ________________________ ________________________ ________________________
    ________________________ ________________________ ________________________
    ________________________ ________________________ ________________________

    4. 5. 6.
    50N 25N 20N

    20N 50N 25N 25N 60N 10N

    100N 25N 20N

    ________________________ ________________________ ________________________


    ________________________ ________________________ ________________________
    ________________________ ________________________ ________________________
    Directions: Label each arrow with push, pull, friction, gravity, compression, or tension. Identify
    if the force is balanced or unbalanced and which direction it will move.

    7. 8.
    15N

    2N 8N
    10N

    ______________________________________ ______________________________________
    ______________________________________ ______________________________________
    ______________________________________ ______________________________________

    9. 10.

    30N 8N 15N 15N

    12N

    15N
    ______________________________________ ______________________________________
    ______________________________________ ______________________________________
    ______________________________________ ______________________________________

    11. 12.

    50N
    30N

    30N 150N

    ______________________________________ ______________________________________
    ______________________________________ ______________________________________
    ______________________________________ ______________________________________

    13. As the skydiver falls, the friction (air resistance) becomes equal to the downward pull of
    gravity. When these two forces become equal in magnitude, what will happen to the skydiver?
    _____________________________________________________________________________

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