Simple Physics of Soccer

Which sport does the passage use to examine physics?

• baseball
• football
• hockey
• soccer

What does the author describe in the passage?

• how to score a goal in soccer
• the relationship between work,force, and distance
• physics experiments that led to important discoveries
• different types of energy

A soccer ball will travel a greater distance the harder it is kicked. What evidence from the text best supports this statement?

• Physicists spent years trying to figure out why objects move the way they do
• kicking a soccer ball requires applying force to the surface of the ball
• the greater the force, the faster the ball will go, and further it will travel
• how much force you apply to the ball will often determine whether you score a goal or not

What is the difference between passing the ball to a teammate and shooting a goal?

• the amount of force applied to the ball
• the way that the ball rolls
• the distance the ball has to travel
• it is more difficult to pass the ball

What is the passage mostly about?

• geometry
• biology
• physics
• chemistry

Read the following sentences: "Everyone knows that kicking a soccer ball causes it to roll across the grass. But what makes this happen? What is "required" to make the ball move faster?"
What does "required" mean?

• allowed
• needed
• ordered
• stopped

The tired soccer player does not have any energy left; ________, he is unable to do any more work.

• however
• finally
• specifically
• therefore