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Forces and Motion

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is the best definition of "Mechanics"?

a)

A branch of science looking into forces.

b)

A branch of science looking into forces and how they affect the motion of a body

c)

A branch of science looking into a body's motion with no regard to causes

d)

A branch of science looking at the movement of wave energy

2.

Which of the following is not true about distance?

a)

it does not account for direction

b)

it is represented by the symbol "d"

c)

it is measured in metres

d)

it is a vector

3.
What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?
a)
240 m/s
b)
15 m/s
c)
0.067 m/s
d)
15 mph
4.

Bob runs 1800 seconds at an average speed of 1.5 m/sec. How far did he go?

a)

4500 m

b)

3500 m

c)

2700 m

d)

1400 m

5.

Match the graph to the description:

"The car is stopped."

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

Match the graph to the description:

"The car is accelerating."

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.
Which runner won the race?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
8.
How long did it take this object to travel 10 m?
a)
0 s
b)
10 s
c)
15 s
d)
20 s
9.
Which runner had a head start?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
10.

The slope of a distance-time graph tells us the _______

a)

displacement of the object

b)

speed of the object

c)

weight of the object

d)

velocity of the object

11.

A dog runs with an initial speed of 7.5 m/s on a waxed floor. It slides to a stop in 15 seconds. What is the acceleration?

a)

-7.5 m/s

b)

-7.5 m/s2

c)

-0.5 m/s2

d)

7.5 mi//hr

12.

The slope of a speed-time graph shows us the ______________

a)

speed of an object

b)

acceleration of an object

c)

distance of an object

d)

displacement of an object

13.

How can you find out the distance from a speed-time graph?

a)

slope of the line

b)

area under the line

c)

total length of line

d)

cannot determine

14.
The sum of all forces acting on an object and direction
a)
Contact Force
b)
Balanced Force
c)
Unbalanced Force
d)
Net Force
15.
Are forces balanced or unbalanced when a car is moving at a constant speed in a straight line?
a)
Balanced
b)
Unbalanced
16.

Ted is trying to move a fridge through his house, he gets stuck on a carpet and even though he is pushing the fridge, it is not moving. What force is acting against him?

a)

gravity

b)

friction

c)

air

d)

mass

17.
Name the missing force...
a)
weight force
b)
normal force
c)
applied force
d)
frictional force
18.

A rightward force is applied to a dresser to accelerate it to the right across the bedroom floor.

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.
What is the net force
a)
10 N
b)
0 N
c)
25 N
d)
1 N
20.
Which way is the box moving?
a)
to the right
b)
to the left
c)
going up
d)
going down
21.
Which is moving up?
a)
a & b
b)
b
c)
b & c
d)
d
22.
The weight of an object _________ as it moves away from the center of Earth.
a)
increases
b)
stays the same
c)
triples
d)
decreases
23.
If Earth's mass was cut in half, what would happen to your mass?
a)
increase because gravitational force increases
b)
decrease because gravitational force decreases
c)
decrease because gravitational force increases
d)
nothing, mass is not affected by gravitational force