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Friction SBQ

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of friction is not moving?
a)
static
b)
sliding
c)
fluid
d)
rolling
2.
Which of the following is an example of friction that is helpful?
a)
Brakes used on a bike
b)
Tires from a car on the road
c)
Tread on the bottom of your shoes
d)
All are examples that are helpful
3.
Which of the following is an example of friction that is harmful?
a)
Pencil marking on paper
b)
Engine parts wearing out
c)
sand placed on ice in the winter
d)
Using an eraser to erase marks
4.
How would the absence of friction affect a marble traveling on a long, straight path?
a)
The marble’s speed would decrease.
b)
The marble’s speed would increase.
c)
The marble would stop immediately. 
d)
The marble would remain at constant speed.
5.
When two surfaces rub, the irregularities of one surface get caught on those of the other surface?
a)
True
b)
False
6.

What are 2 factors that determine the amount of friction between 2 objects?

a)

Normal force and roughness between surfaces

b)

hills and valleys and how smooth or rough the surface is

c)

Amount of force and amount of surface the comes in contact

d)

The force and the weight exerted on the surfaces

7.

A block with a mass m = 5.0 kg slides down a ramp inclined at an angle Ɵ = 30° as shown below. The block accelerates at a rate of 2.0 m/s2.


Find the component of the block’s weight along the ramp.


Find the frictional force between the block and the ramp


Calculate the coefficient of kinetic friction.


a)

Fgx = 25N

Ff = 15N

μ = 0.35

b)

Fgx = 43N

Ff = 33N

μ = 0.35

c)

Fgx = 43N

Ff = 33N

μ = 0.77

d)

Fgx = 25N

Ff = 15N

μ = 0.77

8.

A block with mass 2 kg is on a ramp inclined at 30° to the horizontal. A 5.0 N force of friction, Ff acts on the

block as it is pulled up the ramp at constant velocity with force F, which is parallel to the ramp, as shown in the diagram below.


Find the components of the block’s weight, both parallel to the incline and Perpendicular to the incline.


What is the magnitude of force F?


Sin 30 = 0.50

Cos 30 = 0.87

a)

Fgx = 10 N

Fgy = 17.3 N

F = 15.0 N

b)

Fgx = 17.3

Fgy = 10.0 N

F = 15.0 N

c)

Fgx = 17.3

Fgy = 10.0 N

F = 22.3 N

d)

Fgx = 10 N

Fgy = 17.3 N

F = 22.3 N

9.

Two blocks, weighing 250N and 350N, respectively, are connected by a string that passes over a massless pulley as shown. The acceleration and tension in the string is:

a)

a = 1.7 m/s2

T = 210N

b)

a = 1.7 m/s2

T = 290N

c)

a = 4.5 m/s2

T = 290 N

d)

a = 4.5 m/s2

T = 210 N

10.

A 15 kg mass is sliding along a frictionless floor with an acceleration of 5 m/s2. What is the magnitude of the net force acting on the mass?

a)

15N

b)

10N

c)

20N

d)

75N

11.

The diagram below shows a box held stationary on a ramp by a string connected to a wall.

Which of the following relationship is true?

a)

T = -Ff

b)

T = WCosƟ + Ff

c)

WSinƟ = T + Ff

d)

T + Ff W

12.

The diagram below shows a box held stationary on a ramp by a string connected to a wall.

a)

Normal force = increases

Friction = Increases

Tension = Increases

b)

Normal force = decreases

Friction = decreases

Tension = decreases

c)

Normal force = increases

Friction = Increases

Tension = decreases

d)

Normal force = decreases

Friction = decreases

Tension = Increases

13.

The diagram below shows a sled and rider sliding down a snow-covered hill that makes an angle of 30° with the horizontal.

Which vector best represents the direction of the normal force, FN, exerted by the hill on the sled?

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

A heavy wooden block is dragged by a force F along a rough steel plate, as shown in the diagrams for two cases. The magnitude of the applied force F is the same for both cases. The normal force in (ii), as compared with the normal force in (i) is:

a)

the same

b)

greater

c)

less

d)

less for some angles of the incline and greater for others

15.

A man pulls a 15 kg crate by using a rope, which makes an angle of 45° with the horizontal. The tension in the rope exerted on the crate is T = 120 N, and the coefficient of kinetic friction between the crate and the ground is 0.5.


Find the normal force exerted by the ground on the crate.


Find the frictional force between the crate and the ground.


Find the acceleration of the crate.

a)

FN = 65N

Ff = 33N

a = 3.5 m/s2

b)

FN = 33N

Ff = 65N

a = 3.5 m/s2

c)

FN = 65N

Ff = 33N

a = 2.4 m/s2

d)

FN = 33N

Ff = 65N

a = 2.4 m/s2

16.

Which are true? Tick 2

a)

Static friction is always greater than kinetic friction

b)

Static friction is sometimes greater than kinetic friction

c)

Both static and kinetic friction support motion

d)

Both static and kinetic friction oppose motion

17.

The graph below shows how the force of friction changes with the horizontal force applied on a box of mass 4 kg.

What is the magnitude of maximum static friction?

What is the magnitude of coefficient of static friction?

a)

Fs = 20N

µs = 1/2

b)

Fs = 5N

µs = 1/8

c)

Fs = 20N

µs = 1/8

d)

Fs = 5N

µs = 1/2

18.

A child is pulled forward on a sled as shown in the figure below.

The magnitude of the normal force exerted by the ground on the sledge is __.

a)

equal to the total weight of the child plus the sledge

b)

greater than the total weight

c)

less than the total weight

d)

possibly greater than or less than the total weight, depending on the size of the weight relative to the tension in the rope

19.

Which vector diagram best represents a cart speeding up as it travels to the right on a horizontal surface?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4