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WorksheetsForces and Motion
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 13mins
What label goes on the horizontal (X) axis of a distance-time graph?
Distance
Time
What label goes on the vertical (Y) axis of a distance-time graph?
Distance
Time
What can you calculate by using data from a distance-time graph?
Distance
Time
Force
Speed
If a car drives at a speed of 76 km/hr for 3 hours, how far has the car traveled?
100 km
200 km
228 km
1 km
What equation should you use to find speed?
Distance=speed x time
Time= distance/speed
Speed=distance/time
What kind of speed is shown by a steep slope on a graph?
Slow
Fast
Not moving
Decreasing
8216=? A car travels 216 meters in 8 seconds. How fast is it going?
21 m/s
23 m/s
25 m/s
27 m/s
In which direction does friction work in comparison to a sliding book?
The same
Opposite
What force keeps planets in orbit by pulling them around the sun?
Inertia
Gravity
Friction
Air Resitance
What kind of surface would have the most friction?
Smooth
Rough
Oily
Wet
If gravity did not exist and a paper airplane was thrown forward, horizontally, what path would the airplane take?
It would keep going forward, horizontally
It would go straight down
It would go straight up
Objects with ________ mass require a greater force to increase their speed.
more
less
the same
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?
15 kg object
10 kg object
5 kg object
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?
The person standing on the right
The person standing on the left
If an object has no motion or does not change speed it is an example of _______________ forces.
balanced
unbalanced
If an object is moving or changes speed, it is an example of ___________________forces.
balanced
unbalanced
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?
North
South
East
West
No where, since they are both the same weight
Inertia means that an object in motion will stay __________________ if no outside forces act on it. (Newton’s 1st Law of Motion)
in motion
in place
won't move
put
Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion states that for every action there is an ___________ but ______________ reaction.
opposite; equal
same; different
equal; opposite
big; small
If you push an object with more force it will move ____________(speed)
slower
faster
the same
What is the tendency of an object to resist any change in motion?
force
inertia
balanced
friction
If you are riding in a car it stops suddenly, what happens to your body?
nothing
stops
keeps going
The two things that most affect gravitational force are
mass
weight
distance
speed
The measure of the pull of gravity on an object’s mass is called _______________
weight
heaviness
speed
friction
