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WorksheetsForces & Interactions
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is Newtons first law of motion?
a)
an object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion, unless acted upon by an outside, unbalanced force.
b)
any two objects exert a gravitational force of attraction on each other
c)
for every action (force) there is an equal and opposite reaction (force)
2.
What is a force?
a)
a push or pull
b)
hitting another object
c)
two objects hitting each other
d)
something that only happens on the moon
3.
What is a balanced force?
a)
Occurs when an object is not moving
b)
Occurs when an object is moving
c)
Occurs when an object is balancing on top of another object
4.
What is an unbalanced force?
a)
When an object falls from the top of another object
b)
When an object changes position (moves)
c)
When an object is not moving
5.
What is gravity?
a)
A force that only happens in space
b)
A force that moves objects from one place to another
c)
The force that pulls objects down
d)
A push or pull
6.
What will happen to a football the harder you kick it?
a)
The football will stay in place
b)
The football will go a shorter distance
c)
The football will go a greater distance
d)
The person kicking the football will fall backwards
7.
What is Newton's second law of motion?
a)
An object at rest tends to stay at rest
b)
the greater the force to an object the great the distance.
c)
An object in motion tends to stay in motion
8.
What causes static electricity?
a)
Fire
b)
A balloon
c)
Friction
d)
Something cold
9.
When you rub your feet on a carpet what is happening?
a)
Electrons build up to create static electricity
b)
Nothing happens
c)
Electrons are released
d)
Electrons stay in place
10.
What is an electron?
a)
Tiny charged particals
b)
A band
c)
Particles that are floating around in the air at all times
11.
What is static electricity?
a)
Light
b)
How your TV works
c)
imbalance between negative and positive charges in an object
d)
Friction between two atoms
12.
What is a pull?
a)
A force that moves something away from you
b)
A force that moves something toward you
13.
What is a push?
a)
A force that moves something away from you
b)
A force that moves something toward you
14.
True or false. If you push something twice as hard, it will move twice as fast.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
True or false. If an object is twice a heavy as another, it will only go half way.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Which factor affects the period on a pendulum?
a)
Angle
b)
Length
c)
Mass
17.
When using a pendulum, what is the period?
a)
The time for the pendulum to start on one side, swing to the other, and make it back to the beginning.
b)
A time in history
c)
The symbol that shows the ending of a sentence
d)
The length of the pendulum
18.
What is an example of a pendulum in our lives?
a)
a swing
b)
a dog house
c)
a computer
d)
a slide
19.
When we rubbed our balloons with the wool. Why did our plastic pieces float above the balloon and not fall to the ground?
a)
The plastic band transfers a negative charge to both objects. The band floats above the balloon because the like charges repel one another.
b)
Because there was no gravity around the plastic pieces
c)
Because there are tiny electrons holding the plastic pieces in the air
20.
What force makes a pendulum work?
a)
Electrons
b)
Equal force
c)
The force of gravity
d)
Friction force
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