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WorksheetsMotion and Design
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 42mins
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Class
Date
1.
What best describes force?
a)
Any heavy weight
b)
Any lighter weight
c)
Any push or pull
d)
Anything measured in pounds
2.
What is 3.45 to the nearest second?
a)
3.0
b)
3.5
c)
4.0
d)
5.0
3.
Why do we run vehicle tests 3 times?
a)
More accurate data
b)
To give everyone a turn
c)
To try different locations
d)
To try different vehicles
4.
What is one thing we changed in the rubber band vehicle trials?
a)
kinds of vehicles
b)
Numbers of rubber bands
c)
size of rubber bands
d)
Turns of the rubber bands
5.
Which best describes the one thing that changes in an experiment?
a)
Constant
b)
Control
c)
Unit of Measurement
d)
Variable
6.
Fill in the blanks
________energy is energy of motion while ________ energy is energy that is stored and waiting to be used.
________energy is energy of motion while ________ energy is energy that is stored and waiting to be used.
a)
Kinetic and then potential
b)
potential then kinetic
7.
Jake's vehicle traveled 3 meters in 7.5 seconds. The vehicle needs to travel that distance in under 6 seconds. What should Jake change?
a)
add more wood blocks
b)
move the vehicle up a ramp
c)
take off some of the wood blocks
d)
use less force
8.
Why are their two views shown?
a)
A notebook entry must show two views
b)
it fits better on graph paper
c)
makes the car easier to build
d)
most technical drawings have one view
9.
When you add weight to the car, in order for the car to move in the same way it did before, you need to add __________________.
a)
more friction
b)
more pull
c)
less pull
d)
less friction
10.
When you add more washers to the pull, the car goes _______________.
a)
faster
b)
slower
c)
the same speed
d)
the opposite direction
11.
Weight is the amount of force ____________ exerts on an object's mass.
a)
gravity
b)
people
c)
motion
d)
friction
12.
Stored energy, like in the wound rubber band, is also called
a)
potential energy
b)
waiting energy
c)
kinetic energy
d)
frozen energy
13.
________________ energy is the energy of mass in motion.
a)
Kinetic
b)
Potential
c)
Moving
d)
Excited
14.
A force that opposes motion is called __________________.
a)
contact
b)
gravity
c)
friction
d)
acceleration
15.
When you wrapped the rubber band around the car's axle 10 times it went ________________ than when you wrapped the rubber band around only 2 times.
a)
a longer distance
b)
the same distance
c)
a shorter distance
d)
backwards
16.
Give an example of potential energy.
a)
A ball rolling on the grass.
b)
A batter in the batter's box waiting for a pitch.
17.
Give an example of kinetic energy.
a)
A pencil falling off a desk
b)
A pencil lying on a desk
18.
A tug of war where the teams pull and the rope does not move. Describe the force.
a)
Balanced
b)
Unbalanced
19.
A tug of war where the teams pull and the rope does move. Describe the force.
a)
Balanced
b)
Unbalanced
20.
Look at the data for the vehicle carrying one block. What is the average time it took to travel the distance?
a)
9 seconds
b)
2 seconds
c)
3 seconds
d)
4 seconds
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