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Period 7 Science Class
 * __ THE NATURE OF FORCE! __ ** ​** Brian H and Matt F ** ​

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TABLE OF CONTENTS A) What is A Force? A1) The Nature of Force (Section 1) A2) The Nature of Force Toondoo Comic

B) Combining Forces! B1) Balanced Forces B2) Unbalanced Forces B3) The Nature of Force (Section 2): Net Force B4) ​ The Nature of Force(Section 3) Balancd Forces v.s. Unbalanced Forces!

C) Works Cited


 * What Is A Force? **

A force is a push or a pull. It doesn't matter how strong or weak the push or pull is, it is still an act of force. An example of force is when you open or close a door. When you push or pull on a door, you exert force on it by making go into the dierection you want it too! Since there is no force on the other side of the door, by pushing or pulling you can control it's dierection, wheather you want it to come to you by pulling, or go away from you by pushing the door. When you hit a baseball with a bat, you are pushing the ball away from you with the power of force! Isn't it so odd how often force is used everyday in so many different ways and we hardly ever realize it (Jones, 36-37)? For another example of force read the comic below and watch the "The Nature of Force (Section 1): What Is A Force?"

The Nature of Force (Section 1): What Is A Force?

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The Nature Of Force Toondoo Comic

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 * Combining Forces! **

The combonation of multiple forces is called net force.To find the net force you take the bigger force and subtract the smaller force from it to get the net force! Depending on how which side the net force is stronger on, that detirmines which way the object will move. If the forces are the same stregnth, there will be no change in the objects motion and there will be no net force. Now, lets talk about Balanced Forces and Unbalanced Forces (Jones, 37).

//**Balanced Forces**// When two forces are opposing each other, the object does not move every time. If the two forces are the same, or balanced, then the object will not move. As said before, when the forces are balanced, they do not move, which means there is no net force. An example of balanced forces is in a game of Tug-of-War! When people are playing Tug-of-War, they could both be pulling very hard, but the rope might not move at all. This is because the forces on both sides are equal, so there is no net force, which means the rope will not move. Isn't that pretty neat? Now, let's talk about Unbalanced Forces (Jones, 38)!

//** Unbalanced Forces **// Like the opposite of unbalanced forces, when there is net force acting on an object, the object will begin to move. An exmple of an unblaanced force issay tht to kids are pushing on a box. If Bob on one side of the box, pushing with a force of 5N, and Jim is on the other side pushes with a force of 15N, then the dierection Jim i ushing in, that's the dierection the box will move in. The net force will be 10N because the stronger force (Jim's Force) subtrcted from the weaker force (Bob's Force) gives the net force. So 15N-5N=10N. This is how Unbalanced Forces work and you got to see an example of how to find net force (Jones, 38)!

For an easier way of learning what was just explained, watch the video below! "The Nature of Force (Section 2): Net Force" And The video below that "The Nature of Force (Section 3): Balanced Forces v.s. Unbalanced Forces!"

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​ Works Cited! Jones, T. //Motion, Forces, and Energy //. Upper Saddle River: Pearson, 2009. 36-38. Print. "The Nature of Force (Section 1)." //Xtranormal//. Web. 23 May 2010. <[]>. "The Nature of Force (Section 2): Net Force." //Xtranormal//. Web. 23 May 2010. <[]>. "The Nature of Force (Section 3): Balanced Forces v.s. Unblanced Forces." //Xtranormal//. Web. 23 May 2010. <[]>. "The Nature of Force." //Toondoo//. Web. 23 May 2010. <[]>.