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Worksheets6th Grade-Newton's Laws/Inclined Planes
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Mr. Snead and Mrs. Chipman are pulling on a rope on opposite sides. Mr. Snead pulls with 5N and Mrs. Chipman pulls at 25N. Who wins?
a)
Mr. Snead
b)
Mrs. Chipman
c)
Neither Mr. Snead or Mrs. Chipman
d)
Mrs. Sullivan
2.
In question #1 with Mr. Snead with 5N and Mrs. Chipman with 25N, what is the net force?
a)
20N
b)
25N
c)
15N
d)
5N
3.
You sit on the kitchen table and it collapses on you. Why did this happen?
a)
The forces were balanced.
b)
The forces were equal.
c)
The forces were unbalanced.
d)
The table was really cheap.
4.
You are doing garden work and the more dirt you put in your wheel barrow the harder it is to push it. Why is this happening?
a)
Your wheel barrow has a flat tire.
b)
As the mass increases, the amount of force needed to push it decreases.
c)
As the mass decreases, the amount of force needed to push it increases
d)
As the mass increases, the amount of force needed to push it increases.
5.
If you put fuel in a rocket and it ignites, the force goes out the back of the rocket and the rockets reaction goes where?
a)
It moves down.
b)
It moves to the right.
c)
It moves in a circle
d)
It moves up.
6.
When you pedal a bicycle it is.....
a)
A great way to get around town.
b)
An unbalanced force that makes it go.
c)
A balanced force that causes it to accelerate
7.
When you are on a school bus standing up and it suddenly stops, your body continues to go forward. This happens because of what?
a)
Gravity
b)
Friction
c)
The bus driver is horrible.
d)
Inertia
8.
Mr. Snead is jumping on a pogo stick. He notices that when he pushes down on the pogo stick the reaction is that he goes up. Why is this happening?
a)
Friction
b)
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
c)
Inertia
d)
Mr. Snead loves to jump.
9.
Mrs. Chipman was driving home from work. She had her groceries in the front seat. Mrs. Chipman saw a deer in the road and slammed on her brakes to avoid hitting the deer. What happened to the groceries that were in Mrs. Chipman's front seat?
a)
They moved to the side of the car.
b)
They didn't move at all.
c)
They moved towards the back of the car.
d)
They moved forward.
10.
Mrs. Dean is pulling her 60lb., 5 year old son in a grocery cart at the store. All of the sudden her son wants his mother to get on the cart so he can pull his mother around the store. Why can't the son pull his mother in the cart?
a)
There is not enough mass for the cart to accelerate.
b)
The acceleration increases when the force decreases.
c)
There isn't enough force to make the cart accelerate.
11.
Two identical golf balls were rolled across the same part of the floor at the same time. One golf ball rolls faster than the other. How is this possible?
a)
One golf ball had more friction than the other.
b)
One golf ball had more force exerted on it than the other.
c)
One golf ball has more friction than the other.
12.
Which of the following describes an application of Newton's Law of Inertia?
a)
Earth's tectonic plates collide with equal force and equal acceleration.
b)
The force of gases pushing downward from a rocket launch the rocket upward against gravity.
c)
A subway stops suddenly and the passengers are thrust forward onto the floor.
13.
A 150lb. adult and a 50lb. child face each other on ice skates. Applying Newton's Laws of Motion, what will happen if the two skaters push against each other?
a)
They will both move backward at the same speed
b)
The adult will move backward, and the child will not move.
c)
They will both move backward, but the chld will move at a faster speed.
14.
What type of ball would have the least acceleration if struck by a baseball bat using the same amount of force for each?
a)
A lacrosse ball
b)
A basketball
c)
A bowling ball
d)
A tennis ball
15.
A simple machine does what?
a)
Makes work seem harder
b)
Makes work to take longer to finish
c)
Makes work seem easier
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