Force and Motion Benchmark

A group of students performed an investigation with toy cars. They applied a force on the toy cars and measured the time it took the cars to move through a 10-meter distance. The data from their investigation is shown below.

What question were they most likely trying to answer?

• Does the mass of a car affect the change in motion?

• Does the force on a car affect the change in motion?

• Does the distance the car travels affect the time?

• Does the mass of a car affect the distance the car travels?

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Below is the graph of the motion of a car. Which of the following best explains the motion of the car represented in section “D” of the graph?

• The car is going faster than it was in section “B”.

• The car is stopped in section “D”.

• The car is moving on level ground in section “D”.

• The car is higher than it was in section “B”.

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A fifth grade class had a model car race. The students were divided into 4 groups. Each group built a model car for the race. Below are the results of race. Who won?

• Car 1

• Car 2

• Car 3

• Car 4

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The model below shows forces acting on a box when it is sliding down a ramp.

• It will slow the box because the force of friction will be increased.

• It will speed up the box because the force of friction will be increased.

• It will slow the box because the force of friction will be reduced.

• It will speed up the box because the force of friction will be reduced.

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Which of the following best explains what magnet “B” will do if it is free to move?

• The force of gravity will pull it to the left.

• The magnetic force will pull it to the left.

• The force of gravity will push it to the right.

• The magnetic force will push it to the right.

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A student drew the model below for a class project. What was he most likely trying to model?

• The speed of a car.

• The forces acting on a car.

• The distance a car might move.

• The things that change the size of a car.

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If an unbalanced force acts on an object at rest, the object will move in the direction of the force. Which of the following best models an object with unbalanced forces acting on it?

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A student wishes to design an investigation to determine the effect of changing the mass of an object when an unbalanced force is applied to the object.

What should the independent variable be?

• time

• force

• mass

• speed

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A student did an investigation to see how changing the mass of an object would affect the distance it would take to stop. Below is the data from his investigation. How should he make the graph of his data?

• He should make a line graph with mass on the “X” axis and distance on the “Y” axis.

• He should make a line graph with mass on the “y” axis and distance on the “X” axis.

• He should make a bar graph with mass on the “X” axis and distance on the “Y” axis.

• He should make a bar graph with mass on the “y” axis and distance on the “X” axis.

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A group of students want to test the effect of balanced forces on the motion of objects with different masses. They conducted trials with 10-gram, 20-gram, and 30-gram blocks. They applied 100 Newtons of force to each side of the blocks as shown in each trial. Which hypothesis will most likely be supported by the results of the investigation?

• When a balanced force is applied the block with the greatest mass will move fastest.

• When an unbalanced force is applied the block with the least mass will move fastest.

• When a balanced force is applied the speed of the object will not change.

• When an unbalanced force is applied the speed of the object will not change.

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