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Science study guide for gravity and friction

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a force?

a)

A push not a pull

b)

A pull not a push

c)

A push and a pull

d)

None of the above

2.

What unit of Measurement is used for force?

a)

Pounds

b)

Newtons

3.

What is friction?

a)

The force when two surfaces rub on each other.

b)

The force when gasses meet fluids.

c)

The force when something free falls.

d)

None of above

4.

What are the two factors that affect the force of friction?

a)

How hard the surfaces push together

b)

How green the surfaces are

c)

The surfaces involved

d)

All of the above

5.

What causes friction?

a)

Free-Fall

b)

Two objects rubbing against each other

c)

When the irregularities of one surface come into contact with another surface

d)

None of the above.

6.

What direction does friction move when a object is moving?

a)

The direction the object is moving in.

b)

The opposite direction of the object moving in.

7.

What are the 4 types of friction?

a)

Green, Purple, Red, Yellow

b)

Fuid, slidng, staic, rooling

c)

Fluid, Sliding, Static, Rolling

d)

Fuild, Silging, statci, Roingll

8.

What does fluid mean?

a)

Through water.

b)

Through Air.

c)

Through gases.

d)

All of the above.

9.

What is Gravity.

a)

Gravity is the force that controls friction.

b)

Gravity is the force that makes the human brain work.

c)

Gravity is the force that pushes everything away from the earth.

d)

Gravity is the force that pulls everything to the center of the earth.

10.

What is the law of universal gravitation.

a)

The force gravity pushes everything away from the center of the earth.

b)

The force that pulls everything to the center of the moon.

c)

Force of gravity acts between all objects in the universe

Object has mass and takes up space which is matter

d)

None of the above.

11.

What two factors affect the force of gravity.

a)

Distance and friction.

b)

Friction and mass.

c)

mass and friction

d)

Mass and distance

12.

What is weight?

a)

The force of gravity on a rock.

b)

The force of gravity on a person.

c)

The force of gravity on a object.

d)

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13.

What is mass.

a)

Weight.

b)

A measure of the amount of matter in a object.

c)

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d)

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14.

The unit of measurement is used to measure mass?

a)

kilograms

b)

Matter

15.

What unit is used to measure weight.

a)

Newtons

b)

Pounds

16.

What is the difference between mass and weight.

a)

Weight doesn't change but mass can.

b)

The other way around.

17.

What is a free-fall?

a)

When something is projected.

b)

When the only force on a object is gravity.

c)

When a object is swung at.

d)

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18.

What is the max velocity during a free fall?

a)

Trimanal velocity

b)

Terminal velocity.

c)

Terminal Velctiy

d)

Terminal Vlecity

19.

What is air resistance?

a)

Objects flying through the air experiencing fluid friction.

b)

Objects flying through the air experiencing rolling friction.

c)

Objects flying through the air experiencing Static friction.

d)

Objects flying through the air experiencing Sliding friction.

20.

What is terminal velocity.

a)

The slowest velocity during free fall.

b)

The fastest velocity during free fall.

21.

What is a projectile?

a)

A object in free fall.

b)

A objects pushing up.

c)

A object pushing outward.

d)

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22.

What happens when a projectile and a object in free fall drop?

a)

The one in projectile falls first.

b)

The one in free fall falls first.

c)

They fall at the same time.

d)

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