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Free-body Diagrams

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the missing force...

a)

weight (gravitational force)

b)

normal force

c)

lift

d)

applied force

2.

What is the net force?

a)

3 N Right

b)

3 N Left

c)

17 N Right

d)

17 N Left

3.

The down arrow in this diagram is most likely:

a)

frictional force

b)

normal force

c)

a push or a pull

d)

gravitational force

4.

Name the missing force...

a)

weight

b)

drag

c)

tension

d)

applied force

5.

What is the NET FORCE of this diagram?

a)

17 N, right

b)

12 N, up

c)

23 N, right

d)

17 N, left

6.

What forces act on a leopard lying on a log?

a)

Fg & Fn

b)

Ff & Fn

c)

Fg & Fapp

d)

Ff & Fg

7.

Name the missing force...

a)

weight

b)

frictional force

c)

tensional force

d)

normal force

8.

Name the missing force...

a)

buoyant force

b)

thrust

c)

frictional force

d)

weight

9.

The force that keeps objects on top of surfaces instead of letting them sink into the surface is known as:

a)

static force

b)

normal force

c)

inertial force

d)

abnormal force

10.

Which of the following is true about this free-body diagram?

a)

the object is accelerating

b)

the object is free falling

c)

the object is moving at a constant velocity

d)

the forces are unbalanced

11.

Is it BALANCED?

a)

YES

b)

NO

12.

Name the missing force...

a)

friction

b)

applied

c)

normal

d)

tension

13.

Name the missing force...

a)

friction

b)

weight

c)

normal

d)

applied

14.

If an object is moving to the right, this force is pushing or pulling to the left:

a)

applied force

b)

normal force

c)

frictional force

d)

tensional force

15.

Whenever an object is moving in contact with a surface, there is always this force opposing the motion:

a)

inertia

b)

applied force

c)

momentum

d)

friction

16.

Which one is balanced?

a)

top

b)

bottom

c)

both

d)

neither