Physics: Friction and Air Resistance

Physics: Friction and Air Resistance

7th - 9th Grade

40 Qs

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Physics: Friction and Air Resistance

Physics: Friction and Air Resistance

Assessment

Quiz

Physics

7th - 9th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-PS2-2, MS-PS2-4, HS-PS2-1

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Carla Menz

Used 137+ times

FREE Resource

40 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Media Image

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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