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Studies Weekly Week 9: Force, Matter, and Motion

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following things did Isaac Newton not invent?

a)

a: a steam engine

b)

b: a windmill that could grind corn

c)

c: a sundial

d)

d: a water-powered clock

2.

Which of the following is an example of Newton's First Law of Motion?

a)

a: When the boy raises his leg, the ball rolls forward.

b)

b: When the boy’s foot strikes the ball, it moves forward.

c)

c: When the boy’s foot strikes the ball, the ball does not move.

d)

d: When the boy raises his leg, the ball does not move.

3.

The more mass an object has

a)

a: the less effect a given force will have.

b)

b: the greater effect a given force will have.

c)

c: the less force is required to set it in motion.

d)

d: the effect of a given force remains the same.

4.

Machines help people do work more easily by overcoming the forces of

a)

a: wind and weather

b)

b: water and sunlight

c)

c: gravity and friction

d)

d: tools and motors

5.

What is force?

a)

a: the distance than an object moves when it is pushed

b)

b: a push or pull that can set an object into motion

c)

c: the measurement of how fast an object moved

d)

d: what pulls objects toward each other

6.

Which of the following is not one of the six simple machines?

a)

a: pulley

b)

b: screw

c)

c: lever

d)

d: nail

7.

According to one of Newton's Laws, for every action, there is a(n) ____ and opposite reaction.

a)

a: equal

b)

b: greater

c)

c: smaller

d)

d: even

8.

Which force causes the motion in the diagram?

a)

a: gravity

b)

b: move an object

c)

c: friction

d)

d: matter

9.

What is the push or pull that can set an object into motion called?

a)

force

b)

friction

c)

gravity

d)

energy

10.

When you throw a ball into the air, the force of ______works to pull it back toward the Earth.

a)

friction

b)

movement

c)

wieght

d)

gravity

11.

What does NASA stand for?

a)

National Aeronautics Space Administration

b)

National Astronaut Space Association

c)

Nation Aeronatics Solar Association

12.

What year was Issac Newton born

a)

1705

b)

1643

c)

1727

d)

1945

13.

______________________ is a type of force that keeps objects in motion or slows them down.

a)

force

b)

gravity

c)

energy

d)

friction

14.

A push or pull of an object is called __________________.

a)

force

b)

gravity

c)

energy

d)

friction

15.

Which of these would take the most force to lift?

a)

one book

b)

a cotton ball

c)

a pencil

d)

a box of bricks

16.

What fruit did Newton see falling from a tree?

a)

Pear

b)

Orange

c)

Peach

d)

Apple

17.

What can still be seen from Isaac Newton's old bedroom window?

a)

The place he went to school

b)

Albert Einstein's house

c)

The letter he wrote to his family

d)

The apple tree that inspired Newton’s ideas about gravity

18.

Isaac Newton was born in...

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

England

d)

Italy

19.

Choose two of his inventions as a child.

a)

windmill

b)

bathtub

c)

sundial

d)

light bulb

20.

He died in 1727 at the age of_________ (look in the paper at the year he was born and do the math)

a)

65

b)

75

c)

45

d)

85