Forces and Motion

What will put an object into motion?

• Forces
• Nothing
• Photosynthesis
• Oxygen

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What is the speed that gravity pulls things down to Earth?

• 9.8 m/s
• 16 m/s
• 10 m/s 
• It changes with object's weight

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If you want a tennis ball and a bowling ball to travel the same distance, what should you do with the amount of force you give?

• Give the tennis ball a greater push, and the bowling ball a lesser push
• Give the bowling ball a greater push, and the tennis ball a lesser push

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When you are riding a bike and the wind starts to blow against you in the opposite direction, what will happen to your motion?

• You will stay the same
• You will go faster
• You will slow down
• You will not be affected

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What happens in a game of tug-a-war when both teams pull the rope with equal force and in opposite directions?

• The rope does not move

• Both teams move to the right

• Both teams move to the left

• Both teams fall down

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A _____ is a pull or a push.

• force
• friction
• gravity
• speed

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How are a push and a pull alike?

• You can hear them both.
• They are both names of cats.
• You can do them both at the same time.
• They are both forces.

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Another way that force can cause the change in an object's motion is to...

• change its color.
• change its pitch.
• change its direction.
• change its spots.

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When objects remain in the same place, it is called...

• gravity
• friction
• balanced force
• unbalanced force

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An unbalanced force is when objects move in one direction because the force is greater from that direction.

• true
• false

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