Free-Body Diagrams

Free Body Diagrams

Be sure to take notes as you go along and show the teacher when you are done.

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Multiple Choice

A skier has reached the bottom of a hill and is coasting to the right while slowing down along the loosely-packed snow. Ignore air resistance.

What is the direction of the APPLIED force?

• There's no applied force

Multiple Choice

What do the arrows or vectors represent?

• forces acting on the object

• all the acceleration acting on the object

• all the ways an object can move

Multiple Choice

Is force a vector?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

What is the upward force called ?

• Force of Gravity

• Force of Fricton

• Normal Force

• Force Applied

Multiple Choice

What is the downward force?

• Force of gravity

• Force applied

• Force of Friction

• Normal Force

Multiple Choice

What is used to represent the object?

• a dot

• a square

• a picture or image of the object

Multiple Choice

Can an object still be moving if all forces are balanced?

• yes, if velocity is constant

• no, is in a state of equilibrium

Multiple Choice

Which diagram best shows person pushing a couch (accelerating) across the floor?

Multiple Choice

Name the missing force....

• weight force

• normal force

• frictional force

• tension force

Multiple Choice

Name the missing force...

• applied force

• weight force

• tension force

• drag

Multiple Choice

The down-arrow in this diagram is most-likely:

• gravity

• normal

• a push or pull

• friction

Multiple Choice

Which one is balanced?

• top

• bottom

• both

Multiple Choice

Name the missing force...

• frictional force

• weight force

• thrust

• buoyant force

Multiple Choice

Name the missing force...

• applied force

• weight force

• lift

• normal force