BACKGROUND: When a small force is applied to an object on a level surface, the object remains at rest due to the static frictional force which acts in the opposite direction.
(a small force; is applied; to an object on a level surface) (the object; remains; at rest) (the static frictional force; acts; in the opposite direction)
a small force the object the static frictional force
is applied remains acts
to an object on a level surface
at rest
in the opposite direction