Paper 2: Free-body Fotce Diagrams

Question 1

What do free body diagrams show?

Answer 1

The forces acting on a single object

Question 2

What do free body diagrams need to contain?

Answer 2

The body the forces are acting on (can be simplified to a box/dot)
The forces acting on the body

Question 3

What do free body diagrams use to show the size and direction of forces?

Answer 3

Arrows

Question 4

What does it mean if arrows are balanced?

Answer 4

There is no resultant force

Question 5

If arrows are not balanced, then what will the body be doing?

Answer 5

Accelerating