Forces & Motion

(1) Any kind of push or pull.

• friction

• force

• motion

• gravity

(2) A change in the position of an object

• friction

• force

• motion

• gravity

(3) A noncontact force that pulls two objects toward each other

• friction

• force

• motion

• gravity

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(4) A contact force that slows an object's motion when its surface moves against another surface

• friction

• force

• motion

• gravity

(5) Forces can affect an object's motion.  Which of these is a force?

• velocity

• acceleration

• force

• gravity

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(6) The unit used to measure forces is __.

• intertia

• Newtons

• acceleration

• Oreos

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(7) Owen designed an experiment to test the effect of forces on a toy car that rolls down a ramp.  He covered the ramp with different materials.  The table shows the time for each material. Analyze the data.  Which force caused the car's time to increase on the carpet?

• mass

• weight

• friction

• gravity

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(8) Which of the following will cause the greatest change in motion?

• A small force applied to an object with a large mass.

• A small force applied to an object with a small mass.

• A large force applied to an object with a large mass.

• A large force applied to an object with a small mass.

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(9) Mr. King throws a ball into the air.  The ball starts to fall back toward him.  What force causes the ball to return to the ground?

• friction

• magnetism

• gravity

• motion

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(10) The ___ the mass of the object, the ___ amount of force needed to move the object.

• smaller, greater

• greater, smaller

• greater, greater

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