Force & Motion Physics Quiz

Reese and Aveya are playing a game of tug-of-war. What term describes the push or pull they exert on the rope that can change its motion?

• Velocity

• Gravity

• Force

• Inertia

When Lincoln is walking from his house to the park, what changes?

• Position

• Gravity

• Mass

• Force

Lincoln and Sam are playing with a toy car. They notice that the toy car keeps moving across the floor until it hits a wall or is stopped by a/an _______ force.

• Balanced

• Outside

• Inertia

• Push

Maddox and Jolie are playing with a ball in the park. Maddox places the ball on the ground, and it stays there until Jolie kicks it. Which of Newton's laws explains why the ball stays at rest until acted upon by Jolie's kick?

• First Law of Motion

• Second Law of Motion

• Third Law of Motion

• Law of Universal Gravitation

When Margaret pushes a book across the table, the book pushes back with an equal and _______ force.

• Same

• Unbalanced

• Opposite

• Magnetic

Reese and Jaxon are playing catch. When Reese throws the ball to Jaxon, which law of motion describes the action of the ball moving towards Jaxon and the force Reese feels in her hand?

• First Law of Motion

• Second Law of Motion

• Third Law of Motion

• Gravity

Hudson and Jolie are comparing their science project materials. Hudson asks, "What is the term for the amount of matter in an object?"

• Velocity

• Gravity

• Weight

• Mass

When a greater force is applied to an object, what increases faster?

• Acceleration

• Mass

• Friction

• Volume

Clayton and Zoey are pushing a car that has run out of gas. Clayton notices that the heavier the car, the harder it is to push and the slower it accelerates. Which law of motion explains the relationship between the car's mass, its acceleration, and the applied force?

• First Law of Motion

• Second Law of Motion

• Third Law of Motion

• Law of Universal Gravitation

Jolie and Isaiah are running a race. Jolie says that velocity is the speed and _______ of an object. What is the missing word?

• Weight

• Gravity

• Mass

• Direction