Quiz on Force and Motion

Bess has a red wagon. If she wants to move it with the least amount of force, what should she use to fill the wagon?

• bricks

• clothes

• feathers

• plastic toys

Nicole jumped as high as she could. She tried again holding a bowling ball. How would her jumping height change as a result of Nicole holding the bowling ball?

• The height would increase due to the change in mass.

• The height would decrease due to the change in mass.

• The height would increase due to the change in friction.

• The height would decrease due to the change in gravity.

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Mason pushed a cart containing a stack of textbooks and stopped suddenly. Which would most likely happen to the books on the cart?

• The books would slide sideways off of the cart.

• The books would slide off the front of the cart.

• The books would slide off of the back of the cart.

• The books would stay stacked until the cart moves again.

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Ana is pushing a wheelbarrow of rocks. She stops and unloads half of the rocks. How will this effect the force needed to move the wheelbarrow?

• Gravity is increased, making the wheelbarrow easier to move.

• Gravity is decreased, making the wheelbarrow harder to move.

• Friction is increased, making the wheelbarrow harder to move.

• Mass is decreased, making the wheelbarrow easier to move.

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Henry has a truck filled with rocks. Which most likely happens when Henry empties the rocks from his truck?

• an increase in the force needed to move the truck

• a decrease in the force needed to move the truck

• an increase in friction will act on the truck

• an increase in gravity will act on the truck

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How could replacing the engine of a car with an engine that has much greater force affect the motion of the car?

• The car would have the ability to move faster.

• The car would have the ability to move slower.

• The car would not have enough power to move.

• The car would have the same power with either engine.

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A baseball and a feather are dropped from the same height. How does gravity affect both objects?

• The force of gravity is greater on the feather.

• The force of gravity is greater on the baseball.

• There is no force of gravity acting on the baseball or the feather.

• The force of gravity is the same for the baseball and the feather.

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Which cart would require the largest amount of force to push along a smooth flat surface?

• a shopping cart full of feather pillows

• a shopping cart full of loaves of bread

• a shopping cart full of boxes of cookies

• a shopping cart full of bags of potatoes

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Joe moves the same wagon every day. In which situation would it most likely take more force for Joe to move the wagon?

• The wagon has to be moved down hill.

• The wagon has become smaller in size.

• The wagon has to travel along a smoother surface.

• The wagon has been filled with a greater amount of mass.

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Bill biked from his house to school with an empty backpack in 10 minutes on Monday. On Tuesday, Bill had all of his books in his backpack and it took him 12 minutes to bike from his house to school. Which best explains why?

• Additional mass caused a need for an increase in speed or a decrease in force.

• Additional mass caused a need for an increase in force or a decrease in speed.

• Additional force caused a need for an increase in mass or a decrease in speed.

• Additional time caused a need for an increase in force or a decrease in speed.

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