Forces Test

1. Choose three sentences in which the object will change direction.

• A bat hits a ball coming towards it

• A rocket is blasted up into the sky.

• A bowling ball is rolling down an alley

• A pool stick hits a ball towards the pocket

• A falling apple bounces off the ground

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Read each situation. Determine which objects will change direction because of gravity.

• A ball is thrown across the room.

• An apple is tossed into the air.

• A paper airplane is thrown into the air.

• A box is slid across a table

• A ball is rolled across the ground.

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When a moving car is hit from the side, __________ causes it to change directions.

• speed

• friction

• distance

• inertia

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Look carefully at the picture below.

What is the movement between the foot and the ball at contact?

• the ball moves right and the kick changes the ball's direction to move right.

• the ball moves right and the kick changes the ball's direction to move left

• the ball moves left and the kick changes the ball's direction to move right.

• the ball moves left and the kick changes the ball's direction to move left.

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A marble is rolled down a smooth, steep incline. Which factor had the greatest effect on its downward movement?

• gravity

• mass

• friction

• work

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TRUE OR FALSE: Unbalanced forces result in a change of motion.

• True

• False

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What are the two factors that FRICTION depends upon?

• Mass and Strength of the force pushing the two surfaces together

• Mass and Distance

• Type of surface and Strength of the force pushing the two surfaces together

• Type of surface and Distance apart

What are the two factors that gravity depends on?

• Mass and Type of surface

• Distance and Width

• Mass and Distance

• Distance and Type of surface

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TRUE OR FALSE: Inertia can be described as, " the tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion."

• True

• False