Question 18
Balanced or unbalanced forces?
On a large piece of paper, draw a table with two columns: one for balanced forces and one for unbalanced forces. Put each of these situations into the correct column, according to the forces that are acting. The situations are:
- a motorcycle going around a corner
- a boy on a skateboard slowing down
- a bowling ball rolling at constant speed in a straight line
- a girl on a swing getting faster
- a computer sitting on a desk
- a helicopter going straight upwards at a constant speed
- a coconut falling from a tree and getting faster.
On a large piece of paper, draw a table with two columns: one for balanced forces and one for unbalanced forces. Put each of these situations into the correct column, according to the forces that are acting. The situations are:
- a motorcycle going around a corner
- a boy on a skateboard slowing down
- a bowling ball rolling at constant speed in a straight line
- a girl on a swing getting faster
- a computer sitting on a desk
- a helicopter going straight upwards at a constant speed
- a coconut falling from a tree and getting faster.
