Types Forces Quiz

Liam, Daniel, and Zoe are playing with a ball in the park. They notice that whenever they throw the ball up, it always comes back down. They start talking about the force that pulls the ball towards the center of the Earth. Which force are they talking about?

• friction

• magnetism

• electricity

• gravity

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Is the force of gravity a field or contact force?

• Contact Force

• Field Force

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True or False: You need to be touching planet Earth to experience Earth's gravitational force?

• True

• False

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Avery, Emma, and Nora are participating in a skateboard race in their neighborhood. What force is responsible for slowing them down as they skate on the flat road?

• gravity

• friction

• inertia

• electromagnetism

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If the force of friction slows an object down, is the force of friction moving in the positive or negative direction?

• Positive (+F)

• Negative (-F)

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Kai, James, and Abigail are participating in a school sports event. They are in a tug-of-war competition. What force is exerted by the rope when they pull it tight?

• tension

• gravity

• friction

• compression

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Using the tug-of-war picture to the left, are the forces being applied in the tug-of-war balanced or unbalanced?

• Balanced

• Unbalanced

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Using the tug-of-war picture to the left, what is the sum of forces or net force?

• 0 N

• 300 N to the left

• 600 N

• 300 N to the right

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Using the tug-of-war picture to the left, are the forces being applied in the tug-of-war balanced or unbalanced?

• Balanced

• Unbalanced

Using the tug-of-war picture to the left, what is the sum of forces or net forces?

• 300 N to the left

• 100 N to the right

• 200 N to the left

• 0 N

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