Forces Questions

A teacher is pushing a cart filled with books down a hallway with a wooden floor. Which change would help the teacher move the cart more easily?

• putting fewer books in the cart

• removing the wheels from the cart

• carrying the cart instead of rolling it

• laying carpet over the wooden floor

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Students design toy cars and then race them against each other. What should students do to calculate the average speed of each toy car?

• divide the weight of each toy car by its volume

• divide the volume of each toy car by its weight

• divide the distance traveled by each toy car by the time traveled

• divide the time traveled by each toy car by the distance traveled

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Which cart will go the farthest?

• empty cart with a little force

• empty cart with a lot of force

• cart with bricks and a little force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

If a ball is moving towards the west, and you push it from the east to the west, what will happen?

• the ball will speed up

• the ball will change direction

• the ball will slow down

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

Which box requires the smallest force to lift off the ground?

• box with a mass of 4.5 kilograms

• box with a mass of 10 kilograms

• box with a mass of 3.5 kilograms

• box with a mass of 5 kilograms

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Students slide 3 different weights across a sheet of ice by giving each a brief push. Which weight would have the most speed?

• lightest weight

• medium weight

• heaviest weight

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A force is given to a cart on a frictionless track and then the force is removed. The distance the cart traveled is marked 3 times every 5 seconds. What is true about the distance traveled at the three different marks?

• the marks will be spaced equally apart all 3 times

• the marks will not be spaced equally apart each time

A bird flies at a speed of 20 meters per second during its migration. The time from when the bird starts and finishes its migration is recorded. What other data was needed to calculate its speed?

• the bird's weight

• the birds locations

• direction of the wind

• the bird's wing length

• the direction the bird flies

A ball is pushed with a little force the first time. The second time a ball is pushed with a large force. In which experiment will the ball go farther after 3 seconds?

• first experiment

• second experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A cart is on a smooth, flat surface. If the force given to each cart is the same, which cart will reach 5 m/s first?

• 1 kg cart

• 4 kg cart

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2