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Force Card Sort

Authored by Amber Williams

Physics

6th Grade

MS-PS2-3 covered

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Force Card Sort
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6 questions

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1.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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Sort each situation card into the correct force category.

Groups:

(a) Gravity

,

(b) Friction

,

(c) Applied force

A person pushing a shopping cart
A car parked on a hill
A sled being pulled across snow
A book sliding off a desk
A soccer ball slowing down on grass
A dropped pencil falling to the floor

2.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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Sort each situation card into the correct force category.

Groups:

(a) Normal force

,

(b) Magnetism

A person sitting in a chair
A rock resting on the ground
A refrigerator door staying closed with a magnet
A magnet pulling a paperclip

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the attraction of a magnet for a steel needle show that a force is acting on the needle?

An object has a fixed position.

An object has mass and takes up space.

A push or a pull was exerted on an object.

Gravity was not strong enough to hold the object down

4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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A parent is pulling their young child in a wagon on a level sidewalk.

The force of friction acts against their forward motion. Write the letter of each answer in the correct box to indicate what will happen to the motion of the wagon. Not all answers will be used.

The wagon will speed up.

The wagon is moving, and the pulling force equals the force of friction.

The wagon will slow down.

The pulling force is less than the force of friction.

The wagon will move at a constant speed.

The pulling force is greater than the force of friction.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A carpenter is using a magnet to separate iron nails from aluminum nails. She puts the magnet into a box of mixed nails. When she pulls the magnet out, an iron nail is hanging from the magnet. Which describes the strengths of the forces of magnetism and gravity acting on the iron nail?

Only magnetic force is acting on the nail.

Only the force of gravity is acting on the nail.

The force of magnetism is stronger than the force of gravity.

The force of gravity is stronger than the force of magnetism

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MS-PS2-3

6.

LABELING QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Identify the three forces acting on the block on the inclined plane.

a
b
c
gravity
normal force
friction

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HS-PS2-1

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