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WorksheetsResultant Forces
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the force that pulls us towards the Earth?
a)
gravity
b)
weight
c)
friction
d)
mass
2.
What is 'drag' another name for?
a)
dressing up
b)
air resistance
c)
friction
d)
weight
3.
Name two quantities that are vectors.
a)
force and speed
b)
speed and acceleration
c)
force and acceleration
d)
mass and weight
4.
What are balanced forces?
a)
forces of the same size, in opposite directions
b)
the same size in the same direction
c)
forces in opposite directions
d)
forces at right angles to each other
5.
What do we call the forwards force produced by an aeroplane's engine or propeller?
a)
thrust
b)
friction
c)
weight
d)
gravity
6.
What word describes both the speed and direction of movement of an object?
a)
speed
b)
acceleration
c)
displacement
d)
velocity
7.
What is the name for a single force on an object with the same effect as all the forces combined?
a)
big
b)
total
c)
resultant
d)
sum
8.
Two forces on an object are in the same direction. How do we calculate the resultant force?
a)
take away one from the other
b)
multiply them
c)
divide one by the other
d)
add them together
9.
Two forces on an object are in opposite directions. How do we calculate the resultant force?
a)
divide one by the other
b)
multiply them
c)
find the difference between them
d)
add them together
10.
Is the car
a)
Stationary
b)
Moving at constant speed
c)
Accelerating
d)
Decelerating
11.
Is the car
a)
Stationary
b)
Moving at constant speed
c)
Accelerating
d)
Decelerating
12.
Is the car
a)
Stationary
b)
Moving at constant speed
c)
Accelerating
d)
Decelerating
13.
Is the car
a)
Stationary
b)
Moving at constant speed
c)
Accelerating
d)
Decelerating
14.
In a tug of war the left team pulls with a force of 200N. The right team pulls with a force of 150N.What is the resultant force?
a)
50N to the left.
b)
350N to the left.
c)
350N to the right.
d)
50N to the right.
15.
The force that opposes the motion of two surfaces sliding past each other is called ___________.
a)
acceleration
b)
inertia
c)
friction
d)
unbalanced
16.
What is it called when the force of gravity is acting on an object?
a)
Weight
b)
Sliding Friction
c)
Momentum
d)
Projectile Motion
17.
What is the attraction between two objects because of their mass?
a)
Inertia
b)
Gravity
c)
Gravitational Force
d)
Weight
18.
A ____________ is a push or a pull on an object.
a)
chemical
b)
force
c)
magnet
d)
gravity
19.
___________ is the amount of matter in an object.
a)
mass
b)
weight
c)
volume
d)
force
20.
At which location would your mass be the greatest?
a)
Earth
b)
Moon
c)
Jupiter
d)
Mass Stays the Same Everywhere
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