8/20/18 TASKS

I​NDEPENDENT STATION EXPECTATIONS:

1. Working ​SILENTLY​ AND I​ NDEPENDENTLY
2. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION
3. Title a brand new page in your notebook:​ Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
4. Write today’s date on the top right 8/19/18

Part 1:​ Check It! 3 min

Directions:
1. Check your grades ​Pinnacle Gradebook
2. Answer the following reflection questions on the boxes below:

A) Did you complete Tasks #1-7 HW from Thursday? Are you proud of your work?

B) What is your Science Grade so far? How do you feel about your grade?

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Part 2:​ Preview It! (Vocabulary) 5 - 7 min.
Directions:
1. Copy the following chart in your notebook.
2 Click on the following link ​Google Define​ to fill out vocab chart​ IN YOUR
NOTEBOOK!
WORD DEFINITION Draw an Image ​OR​ give an
example ​OR​ paraphrase
1. Balanced
Force

2. Unbalanced
Force

3.Net Force
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Part 3:​ Read It! 10 min.
Directions:
1. Read the passage below.
2. Find three key points. Write down the three key points IN YOUR NOTEBOOK.

Balanced and Unbalanced Forces 

  
Remember when you were a little kid and you fought your sibling or friend 
over a toy? You would pull it in one direction while they would pull the other? This 
is an example of when more than one force is acting on an object at the same time. 
Another example of this would be, if you and a friend work together to push a 
table across the room. You are both applying force to the table as you move it! The 
combination of all of the forces acting on an object is called the ​net force. 
  
Recall that a force is a push or a pull on an object and that force is 
measured in newtons (N). If you were pushing the table with a force of 20 N and 
your friend was pushing with a force of 16 N in the same direction, the total 
amount of force, or the net force, applied to the table would be 36 N. This 
addition of forces can be applied any time two forces are acting on an object in 
the SAME direction. If the forces are acting in the OPPOSITE direction, 
however, you would calculate net force a bit differently. Using the example of 
pulling on a toy in opposite directions, whoever pulls with more force would win the 
toy. To calculate the net force simply subtract the smaller force from the larger 
one. If you pulled the toy with a force of 8 N and your friend pulled in the 
opposite direction with a force of 6 N, the net force applied is 2 N in your 
direction and you would win the toy! 
  
When more than one force is applied to an object in the ways described 
above, the forces could be balanced or unbalanced. ​Balanced forces ​produce no 
change in the motion of an object and the net force is zero. For example, if two 
football players block each other with the same force and none of them move, the 
force is balanced. This does not mean the balanced forces have no effect on the 
object at all. The two football players with a balanced force could flatten their 
shoulder pads and dent their helmets, but still remain motionless. The object’s 
physical properties may be affected, even if its motion does not change. 
   
Now imagine a game of tug of war. At certain points during the 
competition, the rope is probably at a standstill (the force is balanced), but at 
some point, one of the team pulls at a greater force causing the rope to move in 
their direction. This is an example of an unbalanced force. ​Unbalanced forces 
produce a change in the motion of an object and the net force is greater than 
zero. Unbalanced forces are unequal and opposite in direction. If the stronger 
team pulls the rope at a stronger force than your team, you will be pulled in their 
direction. 
 
 

*​ **Now Write your 3 main points from this reading in your 

notebook!*** 
 

Part 4:​ Write it! 5-7 min.

Directions:
1. Copy the questions in your notebook.
2. Answer the questions from the reading in your notebook.

a. What is net force?

b. When do you add the total number of forces?
c. How do you calculate force when the forces are acting in opposite directions?
d. If forces are unbalanced, does this mean that they have no effect on each other?
e. If an object is moving or accelerating we know that the forces are ​__________ ​?
Part 5:​ Watch It! 5 - 7 min.
Directions:
1. ​Watch the ​Why don't we fall into the center of the Earth?
2. Copy the following statements and fill in the blanks in your notebook.

a. Force is a ​___________​ or ​___________​ exerted on an object.

b. When a number of forces acting on an object are such that their resultant force (net force) is
zero. The forces are said to be ​___________​.
c. When a number of forces acting on an object are such that their resultant force is not equal to
zero. The forces are said to be ​___________​.
d. ​When the little green guy is falling were the forces acting on him balanced or unbalanced?
How do you know?
e. What is the gravitational force of the earth?
f. Normal force is ​___________ ​to the gravitational force, which keeps us falling to the center of
the earth.

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Part 6: ​Apply it!
15 min.
Directions:
1. Watch the ​Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Khan Academy
2. As you watch the video, copy the 5 drawings and examples from the video in
your notebook.
3. Once you complete the video examples, copy and answer the questions below
in your notebook.

a) What is the net balance of force if you and a friend both push a bookshelf across the
room and you are pushing with a force of 27N and your friend is pushing with a force of
32N? Explain your answer.
b) In an arm wrestling match with your older brother, he exerts a force of 12N and you
exert a force of 10N. Is the force balanced or unbalanced? What is the net force? Who
wins and why?
c) If your tug of war team is pulling the rope with a force of 115N, what would the force
have to be from the other team for the forces to be balanced? What would then cause
that force to become unbalanced?
d) Explain the difference between balanced and unbalanced forces. Use real world
examples to explain your answer.
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Part 7:​ Finished Early? Review it! (Optional)

Directions: 10 min.
1. Copy the questions in your notebook.
2. Answer the following questions using your knowledge of unbalanced and balanced
forces and the pictures below.

Balanced VS. Unbalanced Forces

1. A ​force ​is a _____________________or a _____________________. In the pictures below we see

people exerting a force in one of these ways. Sometimes there is ​movement​, we called this a(n)
_____________________ force. Other times there is ​no movement​, this is called a(n)
_____________________ force.

2. Is the picture above an example of pulling or pushing? _____________________

3. If Joey is exerting a force of 290N and Nick exerts 290N, who will win? _____________________
4. What is the total force applied to the rope?_____________________
5. Is this an example of a balanced or unbalanced force? _____________________
6. Above we have some teachers playing tug of war after school! Which side, left or right, will
win?_____________________. By how much will they win?_____________________
7. Is this an example of a balanced or unbalanced force?_____________________

8. Above Sarah and Anitafalita are pushing a crate. They both use 60N of force and the crate slowly slides.
What is the total force on the crate?_____________ It is ​balanced/ unbalanced?
9. ​WHAT IF ​they both pushed on the crate and it didn’t move?