Balancing Forces Practice

Pushing, pulling, throwing, and kicking are examples of ____ forces.

When horses pull the wagons, ​ (a)   exerts the applied force, and it acts upon ​ (b)   .

When Pat tosses the Frisbee, ​ (a)   exerts the applied force, and it acts upon ​ (b)   .

Gravity's force is best described as a ​ (a)   ,

so it moves objects ​ (b)   Earth's center.

On Earth, gravity pulls everything towards Earth's center because ___.

Which two are examples of gravity's force?

(Pick 2!)

The ____ force acts in the opposite direction to gravity.

The Normal force acts in the opposite direction to ____.

A soccer ball is still on the ground. ​ (a)   is pulling the object down, but ​ (b)   is pushing it back up.

In most cases on Earth, Gravity will pull the object ​ (a)   , and the Normal force will push the object ​ (b)   .