
Physics: Friction and Air Resistance

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Physics
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7th - 9th Grade
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Medium
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Carla Menz
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40 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
An object is falling downward through Earth's atmosphere. In which direction is the air resistance force?
Down
Up
Around the object
Through the object
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS2-1
NGSS.MS-PS2-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
An airplane flies east at 400 km/hr. In which direction is the air resistance force acting upon the airplane?
East
West
Up
Down
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS2-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which best describes why a falling object will reach its terminal velocity?
Gravity force is equal and opposite air resistance force.
Air resistance force is equal and opposite the freefall velocity.
Gravity force is equal and opposite the object's mass.
The object's mass is equal and opposite the gravity force.
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS2-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Terminal velocity is:
The turbulent speed of an object that has been slowed by fluid
The speed of laminar flow
The drag force on a sphere going constant speed in a viscous fluid
When the drag force equals the gravitational force acting on a falling body now going at a constant speed
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS2-2
NGSS.MS-PS2-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The resistance of an object to a change in its motion is
circumference
inertia
air resistance
weight
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The upward force which is exerted against a falling object is
gravity
terminal velocity
air resistance
intertia
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
When a falling object stops accelerating and falls at a constant speed, it is
fluency
constant velocity
acceleration
terminal velocity
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