Forces & Motion Review Test

When you push a door, it...

• moves toward you.

• does not move.

• moves away from you.

What type of force do you use when you shoot a basketball?

• A push.

• A pull.

• Gravity.

Would it be easier to ride a bike over the grass or over the sidewalk?

• Grass

• Sidewalk

When you push a grocery cart up a hill, you...

• use less force.

• can do it quickly.

• use more force.

• use gravity to make it easier.

Where does gravity pull objects?

• It pulls objects sideways.

• It pulls toward the center of the earth.

• It pulls toward the center of the moon.

What causes water in a water fountain to fall down?

• gravity

• motion

• wind

What is one thing gravity can't do?

• Pull on objects through the water.

• Pull on objects through the air.

• Pull on objects through a solid.

• Pull on objects in space.

When you move a car down a ramp, it will...

• spin down the ramp.

• go from side to side down the ramp.

• go straight down the ramp.

Gravity will pull on objects...

• only in the air.

• only in the water.

• everywhere on Earth.

Which takes less force?

• Pushing a box up a short ramp.

• Pushing a box up a long ramp.