Forces

Force
What is force?
Push or Pull
Can cause the object to move (Motion- a change in
position of an object with respect to time)

1000 kg

 Change the speed of an object

 Change the direction of motion of an

object

Balanced v. Unbalanced Forces

If all forces are balanced there is no
acceleration in any direction.
(Either Zero Motion or Constant Velocity)

If one force is greater than the opposing

force we get acceleration in a direction.

Balanced Forces
(Balanced Forces = No Acceleration)

5N

Object

Notice that all the forces are equally pointed in

the opposite direction. Hence they balance
each other or cancel each other.

5N

Equal Pushing

Forces may cancel each other and

produce No Acceleration!

Balanced Forces
(Balanced Forces = No Acceleration)

Ground pushes up

Gravity pulls down

Gravity pulls down on you

The ground pushes back up

If these football players push

THIS KEEPS YOU WHERE YOU ARE! on each other equally as hard,
will either one move?

Balanced Forces
(Balanced Forces = No Acceleration)
5N

5N
Equal Pushing
Equal Pulling

5N

5N

Forces may cancel each other and

produce No Acceleration!

Unbalanced Force
Causes Acceleration
Adding Forces

Subtracting Forces

Adding Forces
5N

5 N = 10 N

Two forces can add together to produce a

larger net force than either original force.
Positive Acceleration occurs (Speed up)

Unbalanced Forces
Causes Acceleration
Adding Forces

5N
Object

5N

Notice that all the forces are pointed in the

same direction. Hence they add together.

Subtracting Forces

10 N

= 5 N5 N

Two forces can subtract to produce a net

force in the direction of the larger force.
Negative Acceleration occurs (Slow Down)

Unbalanced Force
Causes Acceleration
Subtracting Forces

5N
Object

5N

Notice that all the forces are unequal and

pointed in the opposite direction. Hence they
are unbalanced and in opposition to each
other or one partially cancels the other.

5N

Balanced Forces
10N

10N

10N

Balanced
Push
i.e. Pushing a
Car

No
Acceleration

10N

Balanced
Pull
i.e. Tug-o-war

No
Acceleration

Un-Balanced Forces
Additive
10N
10N

Un-Balanced
Same
Direction

Faster
Acceleration

Un-Balanced
Opposite
Direction

Slower
Acceleration

Subtractive
10N
10N

10N

Seatwork
A. Fill in the blank with the correct word/s.
1. A push or pull is known as _____________
2. __________ is a change of position of an
object compared to a reference point.
3. __________ exerted on an object makes it
move.
4. A moving object stops when ______ is
applied to it.
5. The unit of force in the metric system is ____.

B. Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If it is not,

change the underlined words to make it correct.

1. The force that pulls things toward Earth is known as

relativity.
2. Balanced forces move an object.
3. An object moves when the force applied to it is
greater than other forces acting on it.
4. To lift an object up, the force exerted should be
equal to the force of the gravity.
5. Exerting force to an object does not always move it.