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Motion

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is most precise?
a)
test tube
b)
beaker
c)
graduated cylinder
d)
erlenmeyer flask
2.
"How far" means that you are looking for....
a)
time
b)
distance
c)
velocity
d)
acceleration
3.
Which of the following causes a ball to stop rolling
a)
mass
b)
friction
c)
inertia
d)
gravity
4.
Objects stay in motion due to 
a)
inertia
b)
momentum
c)
energy
d)
acceleration
5.
If a girl leaves her house and travels 5 miles to the store and then 5 miles back to her house, what was her distance traveled?
a)
0 miles
b)
5 miles
c)
10 miles
d)
25 miles
6.
What are the units for distance?
a)
m/s
b)
m
c)
s
d)
m/s2
7.
What are the units for mass?
a)
m
b)
kg
c)
s
d)
N
8.
What are the units for velocity?
a)
m/s
b)
m
c)
s
d)
m/s2
9.
What is the formula for momentum
a)
v=pm
b)
m=mv
c)
p=mv
d)
p=m/v
10.
What happens to the gravitational strength between the earth and the sun if the earth's mass decreased?
a)
the strength would decrease
b)
the strength would increase
c)
the strength would stay the same
d)
the would be a slight increase and decrease
11.
When a skydiver jumps from an airplane, a parachute allows her to land safely because it decreases the force that stops her motion.  the force is reduced because the parachute decreases the -
a)
velocity of the airplane
b)
mass of the skydiver
c)
acceleration of the skydiver
12.
Acceleration occurs when an object changes its speed or ______.
a)
direction
b)
force
c)
inertia
d)
mass
13.
"A ball will roll until it is stopped by a force."  This is an example of ....
a)
Newton's 1st Law
b)
Newton's 2nd Law
c)
Newton's 3rd Law
d)
Universal law of gravity
14.
Which force is responsible for pulling objects downward?
a)
air resistance
b)
gravity
c)
friction
d)
inertia
15.
Acceleration occurs when an object changes its speed or ______.
a)
direction
b)
force
c)
inertia
d)
mass
16.
What is the equation for acceleration?²
a)
p=m/v
b)
a=v²/r
c)
m=v/p
d)
a=v/
17.
What is velocity?
a)
the speed of something in a given direction
b)
the direction
c)
the speed
d)
difference in direction
18.
what is friction?
a)
a force that causes uncontrollable slipping. 
b)
a force that opposes the sliding motion between two touching surfaces. 
c)
friction is a force for good
19.
what is gravity 
a)
I don't KNOW !!!!
b)
an attractive force between two objects 
c)
a destructive force between two objects