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WorksheetsForces - gravity
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ______.
a)
Mass
b)
Matter
c)
Weight
d)
Terminal velocity
2.
You push on a tree with 20 N of force. If the tree doesn't move, the tree is pushing back on you with _____of force.
a)
20N
b)
40N
c)
10N
d)
70N
3.
To calculate net force, when forces are acting in the same direction, the forces are ...
a)
added
b)
subtracted
c)
mutiplied
d)
divided
4.
With unbalanced forces, the object will move in the direction of the _______ force.
a)
larger
b)
smaller
c)
equal
5.
To calculate net force, when forces are acting in opposite directions, the forces are ...
a)
added
b)
subtracted
c)
multiplied
d)
divided
6.
Friction is a force that acts in a(n) ___________ direction relative to a moving object.
a)
similar
b)
opposite
c)
parallel
d)
perpendicular
7.
Which of the following will not change in different gravitational fields?
a)
weight
b)
force
c)
mass
d)
pounds
8.
The main reason a baseball comes down when a boy tosses it up into the air is —
a)
magnetism is pulling the ball down
b)
the boy cannot see to catch it
c)
gravity is pulling down on the ball
d)
gravity pushes the ball in the air
9.
A person would weigh less on on the Moon than on the Earth because . . .
a)
Moon has more mass, and therefore more gravity
b)
Moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity
c)
Moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity
d)
Moon has less mass and therefore less gravity
10.
Imagine you travel to another planets. What will change as you walk around the surface of the planet- your mass or your weight?
a)
Mass
b)
Weight
c)
Both
d)
Neither
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