Year 2 Forces Review Quiz

Which of these are examples of forces?

• pushes

• pulls

• friction

• gravity

Which of the following can happen to an object when a force is applied to it?

• movement

• change of shape

• stop

• disappear

What kind of force is twisting?

• Pushing and pulling forces

• Pushing force

• Pulling force

• A type of air resistance

Match the force to its description.

• friction

• The force that acts between two objects in contact that are sliding past each other.

• weight

• The force that the floor provides to a desk.

• buoyant force

• The force that keeps boats floating on the water.

• support force

• The force that is caused by Earth's gravity.

• air resistance

• The force that slows down a falling object.

What kind of simple machines are described below?

• Lever

• The special wheels with teeth that a bicycle chain is connected to

• Lever

• A bottle opener

• Lever

• A seesaw

• gears

• A cabling system and wheels to move a lift (elevator)

• pulley

• A pair of tweezers

Which force makes a toy car slide down a ramp without needing to be pushed?

• air resistance

• gravity

• friction

• water resistance

I made a some parachutes from plastic squares of various sizes and dropped all of them from the same height. Order these parachutes, starting with the one that touched the ground first and ending with the one that touched the ground last.

• 4.5 x 4.5 cm squared

• 10 x 10 cm squared

• 1 x 1 m squared

• 5 x 5 cm squared

• 12 x 12 cm squared

Which two of these are the most streamlined?

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Which two of these is Isaac Newton credited with discovering?

• The laws of motion

• Electricity

• Gravity

• How to make plastic

Why does a rollercoaster car travel to the end of its track?

• It has an engine.

• It is pulled along by horses.

• A motor pulls it to the first high peak, after which energy transfers and gravity enable it to make it to the end of the track.

• It is pushed to the end of the track by fairground staff.