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Worksheetsforces and motion
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What will put an object into motion?
a)
Forces
b)
Nothing
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Oxygen
2.
Which of these will cause a rolling soccer ball to slow down and stop?
a)
Gravity
b)
Friction
c)
Pull
d)
Magnetism
3.
Which surface will create the most friction?
a)
Tile
b)
Gym floor
c)
Carpet
d)
Concrete
4.
______ measures an object's tendency to resist changing its motion.
a)
Acceleration
b)
inertia
c)
Gravity
d)
weight
5.
The term for when an object speeds up, slows down, or changes direction
a)
Speed
b)
Velocity
c)
Acceleration
d)
Newtons
6.
What is a force?
a)
a push or pull
b)
speed or acceleration
c)
potential or kinetic energy
d)
balanced or unbalanced force
7.
When objects remain in the same place, it is called...
a)
gravity
b)
friction
c)
balanced force
d)
unbalanced force
8.
What is the force that causes everything to be pulled down to the Earth?
a)
friction
b)
gravity
c)
balanced
d)
unbalanced
9.
Force is measured in....
a)
Galileos
b)
Newtons
c)
Di Vincis
d)
Einsteins
10.
An unbalanced force is when objects move in one direction because the force is greater from that direction.
a)
true
b)
false
11.
Inertia is....
a)
for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
b)
larger objects take more force to move
c)
an object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an opposite force
d)
a push that acts in the opposite direction and it slows down.
12.
Friction helps objects to move easier.
a)
true
b)
false
13.
This is an example of what type of force?
a)
Gravitational
b)
Magnetic
c)
Electric
d)
Lightning
14.
This picture is an example of what type of force?
a)
Friction
b)
Magnetic
c)
Gravitational
d)
Electric
15.
This picture is an example of what type of force?
a)
Gravitational
b)
Friciton
c)
Electric
d)
Magnetic
16.
Change of position over time, an objects distance and direction from a reference point.
a)
Speed
b)
Acceleration
c)
Motion
d)
Relative Motion
17.
The resistance of an object to a change in the speed or direction of its motion.
a)
Inertia
b)
Friction
c)
Gravity
d)
Force
18.
What pulls a ball back to earth?
a)
Gas
b)
Gravity
c)
Friction
d)
Molecules
19.
If these boys are pulling with the same amount of force. What will happen?
a)
The boy in blue will win.
b)
They will not move at all.
c)
The boy in red will win.
d)
Both will fall down.
20.
Which law states that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless an unbalanced force acts on it?
a)
1st Law
b)
2nd Law
c)
3rd Law
21.
Which is not a type of simple machines?
a)
spring
b)
screw
c)
pulley
d)
wedge
22.
Work is
a)
energy from the sun
b)
a force that moves an object
c)
a type of machine
d)
a force that pulls you towards the Earth
23.
Which of these is not an example of an inclined plane?
a)
ladder
b)
stairs
c)
wall
d)
driveway
24.
Which is an example of someone using a simple machine to do work?
a)
a boy runs across a football field
b)
a banker counts money
c)
a mother purchases a stroller up a ramp into a building
d)
a girl eats a sandwich
25.
Thomas is using a screwdriver to pry open a paint can, The screwdriver is being used as
a)
a pulley
b)
an inclined plane
c)
a screw
d)
a lever
26.
Which is a characteristic of simple machines?
a)
they run on electricity
b)
they take a long time to make
c)
they have few or not moving parts
d)
they are not very large
27.
Which type of simple machine would be found on the bottom of a wagon?
a)
a pulley
b)
a screw
c)
a wedge
d)
a wheel and axle
28.
The wheel and rope make up which simple machine?
a)
pulley
b)
lever
c)
wheel and axle
d)
inclined plane
29.
Gravity is an invisible force which pulls objects towards the Earth.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
30.
He formed the theory of gravity after he saw leaves falling from a tree.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
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