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The Laws of Motion

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is gravity?
a)
A force
b)
Energy
c)
A push
d)
All of them
2.
The force of gravity on an object
a)
mass
b)
weight
c)
volume
d)
inertia
3.
What is mass?
a)
How much MATTER makes up an object.
b)
How much GRAVITY is pulling an object.
4.
How does friction affect speed?
a)
more friction decreases speed
b)
more friction increases speed
c)
less friction decreases speed
d)
less friction doesn't affect speed
5.
 What is the unit called that measures force?
a)
weight
b)
meter
c)
Newton
d)
kilogram
6.
Sally experiences-
a)
Rolling Friction
b)
Sliding Friction
c)
Fluid Friction
d)
Static Friction
7.
Swimming fish experience-
a)
Rolling Friction
b)
Sliding Friction
c)
Fluid Friction
d)
Static Friction
8.
Objects balanced on Timmy's head experiences-
a)
Rolling Friction
b)
Sliding Friction
c)
Fluid Friction
d)
Static Friction
9.
Which type of friction occurs when solid surfaces slide over each other?
a)
rolling
b)
static
c)
sliding
d)
fluid
10.
Which type of friction occurs when objects are not moving?
a)
static
b)
sliding
c)
fluid
d)
rolling
11.
Oil between machine parts would be an example of which type of friction?
a)
static
b)
sliding
c)
fluid
d)
rolling
12.

When two surfaces rub, the microscopic irregularities of one surface get caught on those of the other surface?

a)

True

b)

False

13.
Which of the following is not measured in Newtons?
a)
Weight
b)
Force 
c)
Mass
14.
What is a force that acts only between objects that are touching
a)
Contact force
b)
Non-contact force
c)
Invisible force
d)
Balanced force
15.
What is the name of the force of attraction that exists between any two bodies in the universe that have mass. 
a)
Gravity
b)
Electrostatic
c)
Magnetic
d)
Friction
16.
What is the force that acts between objects even though the objects are not touching
a)
Non-contact force
b)
Contact force
c)
Elemental force
d)
Invisible force
17.
What is the name of a non-contact force of electric charges at rest. 
a)
Electrostatic forces 
b)
Magnetic force
c)
Gravitational force
d)
Friction
18.
What does the force of gravity depend on?
a)
Mass of the object
b)
Speed of the object
c)
Shape of the object
d)
Density of the object
19.
What has the highest friction?
a)
Rough surfaces
b)
Smooth surfaces
c)
Rolling friction
d)
A vacuum
20.
Sarah has a mass of 32 kilograms. John is 7 kilograms heavier. What is John's mass?
a)
39 kilograms
b)
38 kilograms
c)
37 kilograms
d)
25 kilograms
21.
Zack has 100 grams of grapes. If he eats 30 grams of grapes, how much will he have left?
a)
7 grams
b)
130 grams
c)
60 grams
d)
70 grams
22.
What is the mass of this pear when each cube stands for 50 grams?
a)
200 grams
b)
150 grams
c)
100 grams
d)
50 grams
23.
What is the mass of this apple when each cube stands for 50 grams?
a)
50 grams
b)
100 grams
c)
150 grams
d)
200 grams
24.
What is the mass of this lemon when each cube stands for 50 grams?
a)
600 grams
b)
500 grams
c)
400 grams
d)
300 grams
25.
What would you use to measure this?
a)
Grams
b)
Kilograms
26.
What would you use to measure this?
a)
Grams
b)
Kilograms
27.
What would you use to measure this?
a)
Grams
b)
Kilograms
28.
What would you use to measure this?
a)
Grams
b)
Kilograms
29.
What would you use to measure this?
a)
Grams
b)
Kilograms
30.
The measure of the pull of gravity on an object is ___________________.
a)
motion
b)
weight
c)
speed
d)
friction
31.
What is the force applied to all objects on Earth?
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Gravity
32.
Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...
a)
mass and distance 
b)
mass and matter
c)
distance and weight 
d)
weight and mass
33.
What states that "every object in the universe attracts every other object"?
a)
Law of Universal Gravitation
b)
Newton's First Law of Motion
c)
My mother
d)
Inertia & gravity
34.
Who discovered/formulated the law of gravity?
a)
Newton
b)
Kepler
c)
Cavendish
d)
Einstein
35.
Gravity is a(n) _____________ force that acts between objects with mass
a)
attractive
b)
repulsive
c)
resistive
d)
Normal