Balanced Forces 1
Even when things stay still, forces are acting on them.
When you stand on the floor, gravity pulls you down. If the floor didn’t push you back, you would start to move, getting faster and faster as gravity continued to pull. Because the forces are equal and balanced, you do not start to move.
Jane and Mehmet are having a tug-o’-war contest. They are both pulling hard, but the rope is not moving.
Fill in the blank words in the following sentences, using the words at the end:
Jane and Mehmet are ________in ____________directions. The rope stays still, because the ________acting on it are equal and __________. If Jane pulls _______, the rope will move to the_______. If Mehmet _______harder the rope will move to the________.
forces pulling harder right opposite balanced left pulls