Forces review

Is the following balanced or unbalanced: lifting a trash can

• unbalanced

• balanced

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NGSS.3-PS2-1

Is the following balanced or unbalanced: soccer ball sitting in a field

• balanced

• unbalanced

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A car is moving down the road. A balanced force acts on it. What happens?

• The car speeds up.

• The car slows down.

• No change in motion.

• The car stops.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

An apple is hanging from a tree. What is true about the apple?

• No forces are acting on it.

• The apple is acted on by unbalanced forces.

• The apple is acted on by balanced forces.

• Only gravity acts on the apple.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which is a push?

• opening a door

• lifting a box from the ground

• gravity

• clicking a mouse on a computer

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A person is riding a bike. The bike hits a rock so stops suddenly. What happens to the person?

• The person stops suddenly with the bike.

• The person continues forward and might fall.

• The person falls off the back of the bike.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Which object has the least inertia?

• penny

• baby bison

• grown buffalo

• paperback book

If I kicked all objects with the same force, which would travel the farthest?

• basketball

• bowling ball

• tennis ball

• soccer ball

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

There is a 20 pound box and a 50 pound box. If Peter pushes both with the same force, which will move the least?

• The 50 pound box

• The 20 pound box

• Both will move the same distance since he used the same force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Which object has the most inertia?

• a cell phone

• a paper clip

• a crate or bricks

• a box of capri suns

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1