Match each statics term
Exercise and reference answers
- Matching pairs
- Left
- First condition
- Right
- Net external force is zero
- Left
- Second condition
- Right
- Net torque is also zero
- Left
- Lever arm
- Right
- Pivot to line of action
- Left
- Neutral
- Right
- Nudge changes nothing
- Left
- Restoring force
- Right
- Pushes back to balance
- Instructions
- Tap a term on the left, then tap its meaning on the right.
Explanation
_Source: OpenStax College Physics for AP Courses 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 9 'Statics and Torque', sections 9.1-9.5_