Table of Contents
- 1 What is the direction of the force exerted?
- 2 What can you say about the forces exerted by the objects and the direction of the objects motion?
- 3 What are the force acting on the box?
- 4 When two equal forces act on the same object in opposite directions the net force is?
- 5 What happens when force is exerted on one side of an object?
- 6 How do you find force exerted on another object?
What is the direction of the force exerted?
The direction of the force always seems to be coming out of the solid surface. A direction which is perpendicular to the plane of a surface is said to be normal. The force that a solid surface exerts on anything in the normal direction is called the normal force.
What can you say about the forces exerted by the objects and the direction of the objects motion?
Forces cause acceleration, not motion. The law of action-reaction (Newton’s third law) explains the nature of the forces between the two interacting objects. According to the law, the force exerted by object 1 upon object 2 is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force exerted by object 2 upon object 1.
What happens to an object when a force is exerted on it?
Force represents the interaction of an object with its environment. A force exerted on an object can change the object’s velocity. Force also causes moving objects to stop or change its direction. All of these changes involves a change in velocity – acceleration.
What are the force acting on the box?
The normal force acting on box is equal and opposite to the weight of the box. When the box is on a level surface, this term is equal to the force of gravity. Use our given mass and the acceleration due to gravity to solve for the normal force of the box.
When two equal forces act on the same object in opposite directions the net force is?
If two forces of equal strength act on an object in opposite directions, the forces will cancel, resulting in a net force of zero and no movement.
Under which circumstance is there a force exerted on the Apple by your hand?
Explanation: A force is exerted on your hand by the apple when the apple is at rest in your open hand. The force exerted on your hand by the apple is a contact force, so it can only occur when the two objects are in contact.
What happens when force is exerted on one side of an object?
According to Newton’s third law of motion, forces always act in equal but opposite pairs. Another way of saying this is for every action, there is an equal but opposite reaction. When one object exerts a force on another object, the second object exerts the same size force on the first object, as shown in Figure 13.
How do you find force exerted on another object?
Force exerted by an object equals mass times acceleration of that object: F = m * a . When one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first body (for every action, there is always an equal but opposite reaction).
What force or forces act on the box after you let go?
The force that stops the box is called force of friction. It is a force that opposes any motion. 2) Put some books (or any objects that have some weight) inside the box and push it again then let go.