Mission NL2: Balanced Forces and the State of Motion

Mission NL2 focuses on how an object can move when the individual forces that act upon the object are balanced. The mission consists of 38 questions organized into 10 Question Groups. You must answer one question from each Question Group to complete the mission. The learning outcomes for this mission are ...


 

Learning Outcomes

• The student should be able to relate the presence of balanced or unbalanced forces to the state of motion of an object.
• The student should be able to relate force diagrams and force information to information describing the motion of an object.

 

Launch Mission NL2

 

Getting Help

If you are not familiar with this topic, then you should first learn about the topic using our written Tutorial or our Video Tutorial:
 

The Physics Classroom, Newton's Laws Unit, Lesson 1, Part b

The Physics Classroom, Newton's Laws Unit, Lesson 1, Part c

The Physics Classroom, Newton's Laws Unit, Lesson 1, Part d
 

• Why would a rightward (or upward or ...) moving object slow down?
• How would an object move in the absence of an unbalanced force?
• What is meant by balanced forcesand unbalanced forces?
• How can one determine the amount of force needed to keep a moving object going at a constant velocity?
• What does a constant velocity motion indicate about the forces acting upon an object?
• How does one interpret an oil drop diagram (also known as a ticker tape diagram)?

 

Video Tutorials:

What Do Forces Do?

 

Force-Motion Misconceptions

 

 

Question-Specific Help

Each Question Group has its own Help page with information specific to the question. You can access the Help page from within the mission by tapping on the Help Me! icon (textbook). For your convenience, links to those pages are provided below: