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Misconceptions of Force and Energy

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If an object is at rest on a table, it exerts no force.

a)

Correct

b)

False

2.

Friction only occurs between solid objects.

a)

Correct

b)

False

3.

Barriers stop things from keep falling.

a)

Correct

b)

False

4.

Gravity stops acting when the object hits the ground.

a)

Correct

b)

False

5.

Power, work, energy and force have different definition.

a)

Correct

b)

False

6.

There is ‘more gravity the higher up you go’ because things dropped from a higher-level experience greater damage when they hit the floor.

a)

Correct

b)

False

7.

An object floats because it has air.

a)

Correct

b)

False

8.

When dropped in a vacuum, all objects will reach the ground at the same time.

a)

Correct

b)

False

9.

Falling objects fall at constant speed.

a)

Correct

b)

False

10.

Round things just move by themselves.

a)

Correct

b)

False

11.

Not all metals are magnetic.

a)

Correct

b)

False

12.

Magnetic forces can work in liquids.

a)

Correct

b)

False

13.

Greater speeds increase air resistance.

a)

Correct

b)

False

14.

Deeper water means better floating because there is ‘more water pushing on it’

a)

Correct

b)

False

15.

All inflated balloons will float upwards.

a)

Correct

b)

False

16.

Shadows have faces (we need to draw faces on shadows).

a)

Correct

b)

False

17.

Copper coins are magnetic

a)

Correct

b)

False

18.

The Earth lies at the centre of the solar system, with the sun and the planets orbiting around it.

a)

Correct

b)

False

19.

Shadow is connected to us.

a)

Correct

b)

False

20.

Things that have colour can’t be transparent.

a)

Correct

b)

False

21.

Light comes out of the eye when we see.

a)

Correct

b)

False

22.

Shadow is formed by reflection of light.

a)

Correct

b)

False

23.

Gases don’t weigh anything.

a)

Correct

b)

False

24.

Forces always act in pairs that are equal and opposite.

a)

Correct

b)

False

25.

The moon is a source of light.

a)

Correct

b)

False

26.

We have longer days in summer because the sun moves more slowly across the sky.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

The moon’s diameter is just over a quarter of that of the Earth’s;

the sun’s diameter is about 109 times that of the Earth’s.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

The sun moves around the Earth; this is why day and night occur.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

A sound wave can never pass through a vacuum

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Energy is a fuel.

a)

True

b)

False