Combining Forces

If opposing forces acting on an object are equal, the net force is _____ N. (Enter your answer in the numerical form)

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

The _____ force acting on an object is the combination of all of the individual forces acting on it.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

When two forces act on an object in the same direction, you calculate the net force by

• adding the two forces.

• multiplying the two forces.

• finding the larger of the two forces.

• subtracting the smaller from the larger.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Any push or pull acting on an object is called a(n) _____.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

When two forces act on the same object in opposite directions, the net force is always greater than the individual forces.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

When two forces act on the same object in the same direction, the net force is always less than the individual forces.

• true

• false

When two forces act on an object in opposite directions, you calculate the net force by

• adding the two forces.

• multiplying the two forces.

• finding the larger of the two forces.

• subtracting the two forces

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The net force acting on you when you sit still in a chair is zero.

• true

• false

The net force acting on an object equals the sum of the individual forces when the two forces are acting in the ______ direction.

• opposite

• same

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

If an object sitting on a surface has equal forces acting on it in opposite directions, then the net force equals zero.

• true

• false

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1