Misconceptions of Force and Energy

If an object is at rest on a table, it exerts no force.

• Correct

• False

Friction only occurs between solid objects.

• Correct

• False

Barriers stop things from keep falling.

• Correct

• False

Gravity stops acting when the object hits the ground.

• Correct

• False

Power, work, energy and force have different definition.

• Correct

• False

There is ‘more gravity the higher up you go’ because things dropped from a higher-level experience greater damage when they hit the floor.

• Correct

• False

An object floats because it has air.

• Correct

• False

When dropped in a vacuum, all objects will reach the ground at the same time.

• Correct

• False

Falling objects fall at constant speed.

• Correct

• False

Round things just move by themselves.

• Correct

• False