Balanced Forces

Recall:

•Using your metacards,

differentiate the terms: SPEED,
VELOCITY and ACCELERATION
Speed vs Velocity
SPEED is simply “How fast?” whereas
VELOCITY is “How fast, and in which
direction?”
AVERAGE SPEED is the distance traveled
divided by the time interval for the motion.
AVERAGE VELOCITY defined as the
displacement divided by the time interval
during which the displacement occurred
Acceleration
the quantity that describes the
rate of change of velocity in a
given time interval.
Change in motion.
caused by a NET FORCE.
 Describing a FORCE
it is a push or a pull
can make objects move,
move faster, stop, or
change their direction of
motion.

But is this always the

case? Can force always
bring about change in
the state of motion of
an object?
 Describing a FORCE
Magnitude refers to the Line of action is the straight
size or strength of the line passing through the
force. It is commonly point of application and is
expressed in Newton (N). parallel to the direction of
represented by the arrow the force.
direction of the arrow
indicates the direction of the
force while the length of the
arrow represents the relative
magnitude of the force
Q1. Is the pen at rest or in
motion?
Q2. Are there forces acting on
the pen? If yes, draw the
forces. You may use arrows to
represent these forces.
Q3. If we cut the string, what
happens to the pen? What
could have caused the pen’s
motion?
 Q4. Is the book at rest or in motion?
Q5. Are there forces acting on the book? If yes,
draw the forces acting on the book.
Let one member of your group push the book in
one direction and another member push it in the
opposite direction at the same time with the
same amount of push (force).
Q6. Did the book move? How will you make the
book move?

Are there forces acting on the pen and on

the book? What causes them to stay in
place?
 How do the lengths of
the arrows in each
case compare?
 How do the
magnitudes and
directions of the pair of
forces compare?
Balanced forces

the forces acting are equal in

magnitude and in opposite directions
and they lie along the same line of
action
Observe the motion of the ball as it rolls
down the desk. What makes the ball stop
rolling after sometime?

Since you did not push the ball

continuously there is no force present
to balance the force of friction. So
the ball slowed down and eventually
stopped.
Unbalanced forces

If an object initially at rest is under

an unbalanced force, it moves in
the direction of the unbalanced
force.
Again, due to
the
unbalanced
force, the
object
changes its
state of
motion hence
it accelerates.
Types of Force
Combining Forces

adding forces to determine the net

or unbalanced force (FN)
forces which act along the same line
of action
+ and – are used to indicate the
direction of forces
If the sum of the forces equate to zero,
they are considered balanced. If the
algebraic sum is not equal to zero, the
forces are not balanced. The non-zero sum
is the net or unbalanced force. This
unbalanced or net force would cause a
change in a body’s state of motion.