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This document is a learning activity sheet for Grade 8 Science focusing on the concept of force, including definitions, types of forces (contact and non-contact), and the concepts of balanced and unbalanced forces. It includes activities for students to fill in the blanks and answer multiple-choice questions related to the material covered. The document aims to help students investigate the relationship between force, mass, and motion.

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This document is a learning activity sheet for Grade 8 Science focusing on the concept of force, including definitions, types of forces (contact and non-contact), and the concepts of balanced and unbalanced forces. It includes activities for students to fill in the blanks and answer multiple-choice questions related to the material covered. The document aims to help students investigate the relationship between force, mass, and motion.

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Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula
Division of Zamboanga Del Norte
SCIENCE 8
QUARTER 1: MODULE 1 W1

Name: ______________________ Grade Level: ________________


Section: __________________ Date: ______________________

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET


FORCE
Force can be operationally defined based on observed effects. This means that a force
can be described in terms of what it does. However, forces do not always cause motion. It does
not necessarily follow that forces acting on an object will always cause it to move. Figures below
are examples where forces have tendency of changing the motion of an object or not.

Figure 1. A girl sitting on a chair Figure 2. A boy pushing a wall

Figure 3. A woman throwing a ball

There are two types of force, namely:


Contact forces – forces where objects touch or contact with each other.
Examples of contact forces:
1. Applied – a force given to a person or object by another person or object. Its symbol is F
depending on who or what applies force to the object. If a boy applies a force to a wall,
we denote it with FBOY.
2. Friction – is the force acting against or opposite an object in contact with which makes
the movement of the object slow down. Friction always opposes the motion of an object.
Its symbol is written as Ff. Air resistance denoted by FAIR is an example of frictional
force of the air against a flying kite, airplanes, parachutes or those in skydiving sports.
For free-falling objects, this force is always considered negligible, meaning the
magnitude is unnoticeable.

3 .Normal – is the force that acts perpendicular to the surface of the object in contact with. Its
symbol is FN.

4. Tension – is the force applied to string, rope, chain or cable. Its symbol is T.

Non-contact forces – forces where objects do not touch or contact with each other.
These forces act over a zone or area called field.
Examples of non-contact forces:
1. Gravitational (Fg) – is the force of attraction between two objects. In the case of the
Earth, this gravitational force causes objects to fall down to the ground.
The weight of an object, denoted by W, is an example of the gravitational force of the
Earth towards the object.
2. Magnetic– are forces exerted on a field of attraction or repulsion as in the case of
magnets and other magnetic materials. Magnets and magnetic materials have two poles –
the north and south poles. Attraction may occur when two poles are not the same, a
positive and a negative while repulsion takes place with the same poles, positive-positive
and negative-negative.

Balanced Forces
To describe a force, you must know two things. You must know the magnitude and the direction
of the force. Suppose two teams are playing tug-of-war as shown in figure 15. Each team is
pulling with equal magnitude of force, FA and FB , on the rope but in opposite directions.
Neither team can make the other team move. Forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in
direction are called balanced forces. Balanced forces do not cause a change in motion. When
balanced forces act on an object at rest, the object will not move.
A representation of balanced forces in a tug-of-war game
Unbalanced Forces
When you push a table and then it moves, unbalanced forces are present.
Forces that cause a change in the motion of an object are unbalanced forces.
Unbalanced forces are not equal and in opposite direction. Suppose that one of the teams in tug-
of-war, as shown in figure 16, exerts greater magnitude of force, FB, on the ground than the
other team, the forces applied on the ground would no longer be equal. One team would be able
to pull the other team in the direction of the larger force.

A representation of unbalanced force in a tug-of-war game

Net or Resultant Force


In an object, there may be several forces acting on it. Net force or resultant force is the sum of
all forces acting on an object. Two or more forces in the same line of action exerted on an object
are balanced if their effects cancel each other.

When an object is at rest, a zero net force would make the object remains at rest. Moreover,
when the object is moving, a zero net force would make the object maintain its velocity at a
given time interval.

On the other hand, when the net force is not zero, the object’s velocity will change. A net force
exerted to an object at rest may cause the object to move. In a moving object, a net force will
increase its velocity when the force is in the same direction of its motion. If the net force is in the
opposite direction of the object’s motion, the force will reduce the object’s velocity. When the
net force acts sideways on a moving object, the direction of the object’s velocity changes.

Learning Competency with Code


1. Investigate the relationship between the amount of force applied and the mass of the
object to the amount of change in the object’s motion. (Week 1 S8FE-Ia-15)

ACTIVITY 1:
DIRECTION:
Fill in the blanks with correct word/s. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Any push or pull is called ________________.


2. There are two types of forces, namely _____________ and ________________.
3. Applied, friction, normal and tensional forces are examples of ___________ forces.
4. Gravitational and magnetic forces are examples of ________________ forces.
5. The sum of all forces acting in an object is called ________________.

ACTIVITY 2:
DIRECTION:
Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What force is always directed opposite to the motion of an object?
A. Friction
B. Gravitational
C. Magnetic
D. Tension
2. What force pulls an object back to the Earth?
A. Applied
B. Gravitational
C. Magnetic
D. Tension
3. What type of forces holds between two celestial bodies like the Sun and
Earth?
A. Applied
B. Gravitational
C. Magnetic
D. Tension
4. Two people pull on a rope in a tug-of-war. Each pull with a 300 N force.
What is the net force?
A. 0 N
B. 300 N
C. 600 N
D. 900 N
5. What is the net force in the figure below?

A. 25 N, to the left
B. 25 N, to the right
C. 195 N, to the left
D. 195 N, to the right

REFLECTION:
What have you learned about forces?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________.

References:
DepEd Region 9 Self Learning Modules SCIENCE 8, Quarter 1, Module 1

Prepared by
Marializ P. Tamparong

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