Year 7 forces

Which one of the following is NOT a force?

• Pulling

• Lifting

• Thinking

• Stretching

What type of force occurs when a human, animal or machine pushes, pulls or twists an object?

• Tension

• Applied force

• Magnetism

• Gravity

Forces can do all except one of the following things. Which of the following can’t a force do?

• Change the shape of an object

• Change the speed of an object

• Change the direction of a moving object

• Change the mass of an object

Which of the following forces would act at a distance (or non-contact) from an object?

• Friction

• Magnetism

• Air pressure

• Elastic force

Force is usually measured in:

• Tonnes

• Joules

• Litres

• Newtons

What is gravity?

• An inward pulling force that occurs when a solid object is stretched

• A force of attraction between materials that contain iron, cobalt or nickel

• A force of attraction between all objects that have mass

• A push, pull or twist on an object

What force gets the ball moving?

• Gravity

• Applied force

• Elastic force

• Air resistance

Identify a force acting on the ball as it moves through the air.

• Elastic

• Tension

• Air restistance

• Friction

What type of force tends to slow you down as you are swimming?

• Gravity

• Water resistance

• Applied force

• Elastic force

Forces are not things we can see. But we can often tell when a force is acting.

            We know a force must be acting if we observe a:

• change in the shape of an object.

• change in the colour of an object.

• change in the temperature of an object.

• new substance being formed.