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Forces

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which direction does gravity exert force (as experienced by people or objects on Earth)?

a)

Up

b)

Down

c)

Both up and down

d)

In all directions

2.

If you roll a ball across the carpet, which forces will cause it to slow down and then stop?

a)

The push from your hand and gravity

b)

Magnetic pull and upthrust

c)

Gravity, friction and air resistance

d)

Upthrust and air resistance

3.

What is the unit for force?

a)

Newtons

b)

Kilometers

c)

Celcius

d)

Fahrenheit

4.

What is a force?

a)

a source of energy

b)

a push or pull

c)

amount of matter in an object

d)

space occupied by an object

5.

What causes a backpack full of books to feel heavy when you lift it?

a)

Friction

b)

Air resistance

c)

Upthrust and friction

d)

Mass and gravity

6.

Which unit should be used to measure mass (the amount of matter an object contains)?

a)

Newtons

b)

Kilogram

c)

Meters

d)

Celcius

7.

Forces can cause objects to change its:

a)

Shape

b)

Direction

c)

Speed

d)

All of the above

8.

When an object is not moving the forces are said to be:

a)

Balanced

b)

Unbalanced

9.

If three balls of different materials were dropped at the same time from the same height,

which would hit the ground first? (Assume there is no air resistance.)

a)

a tennis ball

b)

a rubber ball

c)

a steel ball

d)

They would all hit the ground at the same time.

10.

What happens when two forces act in the same direction?

a)

They cancel each other out.

b)

The bigger force moves the object.

c)

The forces are added together.

11.

The force that one surface exerts on another when the two rub against each other is called:

a)

friction

b)

acceleration

c)

inertia

d)

gravity

12.

Parachutes slow skydivers to a safer terminal velocity because parachutes

a)

increase air resistance

b)

decrease air resistance

c)

increase gravitational pull

d)

decrease gravitational pull

13.

Which type of elastic force is present in the strings on a guitar?

a)

compression

b)

tension

c)

friction

d)

inertia

14.

Solve for the resultant force:

a)

30N to the left

b)

70N to the right

c)

30N to the right

d)

70N to the left

15.

Solve for the resultant force:

a)

55N upwards

b)

55N downwards

c)

25N upwards

d)

25N downwards

16.

Solve for the resultant force:

a)

50N upwards

b)

50N downwards

c)

0N, balanced

d)

None of the above

17.

The size of the force of gravity between two objects depend on:

a)

the mass of the two objects

b)

how far apart the objects are

c)

All of the above

18.

This refers to how strongly gravity is pulling an object down (measured in newtons).

a)

Volume

b)

Mass

c)

Weight

d)

Temperature

19.

This refers to changing an object shape to reduce air or water resistance.

a)

Restructuring

b)

Landscaping

c)

Streamlining

d)

Weighing

20.

Who developed the theory of gravity

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Galileo Galilee

d)

Albert Einstein

21.

Which of the following has the strongest gravitational pull?

a)

Moon

b)

Mercury

c)

Earth

d)

Jupiter

22.

There is no gravity in space.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

All objects – even people – are attracted towards each other by gravity.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

All surfaces create friction on an object moving over them.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Friction produces heat.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

An person's mass changes as he moves from one planet to another.

a)

True

b)

False