Balanced & Unbalanced Forces
Balanced Forces & Engineering
Patterns of Motion, Gravity & Friction
100
a push or a pull
What is force?
100
a bridge with a curved arch in the center
What is an arch bridge?
100
an invisible force that resists the motion of an object
What is friction?
200
to move an object toward you
What is pull?
200
a bridge that is supported by thick poles
What is a pillar bridge?
200
an invisible force that pulls any object down, toward the Earth
What is gravity?
300
to move an object away from you
What is push?
300
a bridge where the weight is pulled up by ropes hung from tall poles
What is a suspension bridge?
300
a change in the position of an object
What is motion?
400
two equal forces that push or pull in opposite directions so that the object doesn't move
What is balanced forces?
400
a bridge with triangular supports
What is a truss bridge?
400
b. It will travel toward Tonya and stop before it reaches her.
500
two forces that push and pull in opposite directions where one force is greater than the other so that the object moves
What is unbalanced forces?
500
the strongest shape
What is a triangle?
500
a. Observe how far the ball travels after kicking it with different amounts of force.
c. Measure the distance the soccer ball travels each time it’s kicked.