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Forces and Motion

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What label goes on the horizontal (X) axis of a distance-time graph?

a)

Distance

b)

Time

2.

What label goes on the vertical (Y) axis of a distance-time graph?

a)

Distance

b)

Time

3.

What can you calculate by using data from a distance-time graph?

a)

Distance

b)

Time

c)

Force

d)

Speed

4.

If a car drives at a speed of 76 km/hr for 3 hours, how far has the car traveled?

a)

100 km

b)

200 km

c)

228 km

d)

1 km

5.

What equation should you use to find speed?

a)

Distance=speed x time

b)

Time= distance/speed

c)

Speed=distance/time

6.

What kind of speed is shown by a steep slope on a graph?

a)

Slow

b)

Fast

c)

Not moving

d)

Decreasing

7.

 2168=?\frac{216}{8}=?  A car travels 216 meters in 8 seconds. How fast is it going?

a)

21 m/s

b)

23 m/s

c)

25 m/s

d)

27 m/s

8.

In which direction does friction work in comparison to a sliding book?

a)

The same

b)

Opposite

9.

What force keeps planets in orbit by pulling them around the sun?

a)

Inertia

b)

Gravity

c)

Friction

d)

Air Resitance

10.

What kind of surface would have the most friction?

a)

Smooth

b)

Rough

c)

Oily

d)

Wet

11.

If gravity did not exist and a paper airplane was thrown forward, horizontally, what path would the airplane take?

a)

It would keep going forward, horizontally

b)

It would go straight down

c)

It would go straight up

12.

Objects with ________ mass require a greater force to increase their speed.

a)

more

b)

less

c)

the same

13.

A 15 kg, 10 kg, and 5 kg object are all pushed with the same force at the same time on the same surface. Which will travel the fastest?

a)

15 kg object

b)

10 kg object

c)

5 kg object

14.

One person stands to the left of a desk and the other stands to the right of the desk. Both push against each other. If the desk moves to the left. Which person applied more force?

a)

The person standing on the right

b)

The person standing on the left

15.

If an object has no motion or does not change speed it is an example of _______________ forces.

a)

balanced

b)

unbalanced

16.

If an object is moving or changes speed, it is an example of ___________________forces.

a)

balanced

b)

unbalanced

17.

A 150 lb wide receiver going 5m/s south down the football field collides with a 150 lb referee going 2m/s north up the field. Which direction will the referee travel after the collision?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

e)

No where, since they are both the same weight

18.

Inertia means that an object in motion will stay __________________ if no outside forces act on it. (Newton’s 1st Law of Motion)

a)

in motion

b)

in place

c)

won't move

d)

put

19.

Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion states that for every action there is an ___________ but ______________ reaction.

a)

opposite; equal

b)

same; different

c)

equal; opposite

d)

big; small

20.

If you push an object with more force it will move ____________(speed)

a)

slower

b)

faster

c)

the same

21.

What is the tendency of an object to resist any change in motion?

a)

force

b)

inertia

c)

balanced

d)

friction

22.

If you are riding in a car it stops suddenly, what happens to your body?

a)

nothing

b)

stops

c)

keeps going

23.

The two things that most affect gravitational force are

a)

mass

b)

weight

c)

distance

d)

speed

24.

The measure of the pull of gravity on an object’s mass is called _______________

a)

weight

b)

heaviness

c)

speed

d)

friction