Force and Motion

Select ALL the examples of a PUSH:

• typing on a computer

• untying your shoe laces

• patting a friend on the back

• dragging a backpack full of books

Select all the examples of a PULL:

• wind knocking down a tree

• a truck towing a car

• dog sled racing

• kicking a soccer ball

For every motion, there is a force.

• True

• False

Inertia means that an object will...

• keep moving OR stay at rest until a force acts upon it

• stay at rest

• keep moving

• move or stay at rest forever

Newton's laws of motion are

• rules people must follow when driving

• rules that describe most, but not all objects moving

• rules that describe how ALL objects move

Which object will require the most force in order to change its motion?

• greatest speed and mass

• greatest mass but slowest speed

• least mass but fastest speed

• least mass and slowest speed

For every action in one direction...

• a weaker force acts in the same direction

• an equal force acts in the opposite direction

• a stronger force acts in the opposite direction

• an equal force acts in the same direction

Grass uses the Sun to grow, cows eat the grass, you drink milk from the cow...

• Energy transfer

• Energy movement

• Energy switching

• Energy conversion

Pulling a rubber band back but not releasing it is an example of what type of energy?

• kinetic

• potential

• wasted

• motion

A plane flying through the air is an example of...

• fluid friction

• rolling friction

• solid friction

• heating friction