Forces acting on an object may be balanced or unbalanced. When the forces acting on an object have <u>equal</u> strength and act in opposite directions, they are <u>balanced</u>. These forces cancel out one another, and the <u>motion</u> of the object does not <u>change</u>. When the forces acting on an object are <u>unbalanced</u>, they do not cancel out one another. An unbalanced force acting on an object results in the object’s motion <u>changing</u>. The object may change its <u>speed</u> (speed up or slow
down), or it may change its <u>direction</u>. <u>Friction</u> is a force that resists the motion or the tendency toward motion between two objects in contact with each other. <u>Gravity</u> is a force that pulls objects toward one another. For example, Earth pulls all objects toward it.
