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Dekalb READS Assignment
8.2B
Force
Read pages 262-267 and answer the following questions
- When you throw or catch a ball you exert a ______________________.
- Define force.
- What is net force.
- What does the net force determine?
- In which direction does an object accelerate?
- What happens if the net force is zero?
- Define balanced forces.
- Define unbalanced forces.
- Define friction.
- In order for the car to reach a certain speed from rest the forces on the car must be __
- Friction also effects objects that are _____________________.
- What prevents a truck moving down hill when its breaks are set?
- What does the frictional force depend on?
- When are the frictional forces relatively great?
- Why are the car designs changed?
- What is air resistance?
- What does the amount of air resistance on an object depend on?
- Why does the apple fall down?
- How does force of gravity differ from friction?
- Define gravity.
- What kind of objects has larger gravitational force?
- On what other factor does the gravitational force depend on?
- If the distance between two objects is doubled, how does it effect the gravitational force?
- If the original distance between two objects is tripled, what happens to the gravitational force between them?
- Gravitational forces are ______________ than the other type of forces.