Sort each case: stable or unstable
Exercise and reference answers
- Left
- Stable
- Items
- Item
- Marble in a bowl
- Answer
- Stable
- Item
- Ball on a hilltop
- Answer
- Unstable
- Item
- Moves further away
- Answer
- Unstable
- Item
- Chicken standing
- Answer
- Stable
- Item
- Feet spread apart
- Answer
- Stable
- Item
- Toy doll on a hand
- Answer
- Unstable
- Item
- Tips over if moved
- Answer
- Unstable
- Item
- Restoring torque
- Answer
- Stable
- Right
- Unstable
- Instructions
- Swipe left if it returns to balance, right if it runs away from balance.
Explanation
_Source: OpenStax College Physics, section 9.3 Stability_