Position, direction, and speed – Balanced and Unbalanced forces

1. Position – its __location__ relative to another object (the reference point).

Examples: __above__,__below_,__beside_,__behind___,__ahead of___

The __distance_ (length) from the reference point changes when the object
moves.
The __point of reference__ is a stationary point in where the motion is
measured. It usually does not move.

2. Direction of motion is the course or path that an object is _moving_ and

can be determined by reading a _compass_ or described relative to
another object or the Earth.
Examples:
__north__,__south__,__east___,__west__,__right__,__left__,__forward___,
_toward__,__up__,__down__

3. Speed – measure of how _fast_ an object is moving.

4. Unbalanced forces change the _rate_ and _direction_ of the motion of

objects.

5. Forces can be balanced – equal in __strength__ but _opposite_ in

direction.

6. Only _unbalanced__ forces can cause changes in motion.

7. An unbalanced force is one that does not have another force of _equal_
magnitude (size) and opposite direction off-setting it.

Example: A larger ball hitting a smaller ball.

8. __Rate of motion__ is the speed of the object or how fast or slow the
object is moving.

9. Unbalanced forces can change the __rate_ or _direction_ of motion of an

object in different ways.
Newton’s 3 Law of Motion

1. Objects at rest stay at rest and objects at motion stay in motion unless
an _outside_ _force_ acts upon it.

If an unbalanced force acts on an object at rest the object will move in the
direction of the force.

A stronger force (_push_,_pull_) will make it move faster.

2. If an object is moving, an _unbalanced_ force will change the motion

of the object in different ways. It could _speed up_ the object, _slows it_
it down, make it change directions, or _stop_ it.

Force in same direction, object will go _faster_.

Force in opposite direction, object will _slow it down__ or
_stop it_.
Force from the side, object will _change directions_.

3. All forces occur in _pairs_, and these two forces are _equal_ in strength
and _opposite_ in direction.

2. Force = Mass x Acceleration - This means---

Everyone knows that heavier objects require more force to move the
same distance as lighter objects.
3. For every action there is an equal and opposite re-action. This means-

That is to say that whenever an object pushes another object it gets

pushed back in the opposite direction equally hard.