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Forces

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are NOT forces?

a)

Push and Pull

b)

Balanced and Unbalanced

c)

Mass and Volume

d)

Contact and Non-contact

2.

Which of the forces below is a push force?

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

Which of the forces below is unbalanced?

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

Which of the forces below is a non-contact force?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

All magnets have two ends: a _____________ pole and a _____________ pole.

a)

North ; West

b)

East ; West

c)

North ; South

d)

East ; South

6.

Do these two magnets attract or repel?

a)

Attract because the opposite ends are pulling each other together.

b)

Repel because the same ends are pushing each other a part.

7.

Both magnetism and gravity are contact forces.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Gravity is a __________ force.

a)

contact

b)

pull

c)

push

d)

balanced

9.

Choose the correct answer based on the picture above of the Earth, Mars, and the Moon:

a)

Gravity on Mars is stronger than gravity on Earth.

b)

Gravity on Mars is stronger than gravity on the Moon.

c)

Gravity on the Earth is weaker than gravity on the Moon.

d)

Gravity on Mars is weaker than gravity on the Moon.

10.

Why can astronauts float on the Moon?

a)

Because gravity does not exist on the Moon.

b)

Because gravity is stronger on the Moon than on Earth.

c)

Because gravity is weaker on the Moon than on Earth.

d)

They can't float on the moon.

11.

Which magnets attract in this picture?

a)

Magnets from a and b.

b)

Magnets from a only.

c)

Magnets from a and c.

d)

Magnets from c only.

12.

Magnetism is a ___________ and a ___________ force.

a)

contact ; pull

b)

push ; pull

c)

push ; contact

d)

contact ; non-contact

13.

What force allows birds to fly and people to swim?

a)

Magnetism

b)

Gravity

c)

Upthrust

d)

Electric

14.

What is NOT an example of upthrust?

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

Both mass and volume affect an object's upthrust.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Upthrust is the opposite of __________ because it pushes objects up, it doesn't pull them down.

a)

magnetism

b)

gravity

17.

Which object has a lot of upthrust?

a)
b)
18.

An object has little upthrust when it has a ____________ mass and a ____________ volume.

a)

small ; small

b)

large ; small

c)

small ; large

d)

large ; large

19.

When an object has a lot of upthrust it ___________ on water and when an object has a little upthrust it _____________ in water.

a)

sinks ; floats

b)

floats ; sinks

c)

floats ; floats

d)

sinks ; sinks

20.

_________________ is the ability of an object to float.

a)

Buoyancy

b)

Upthrust

c)

Magnetism

d)

Gravity