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WorksheetsPS Test Unit 3, Part 1
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
If you are wearing skates and push against a wall, you will move away from the wall. What force causes you to move?
normal force
opposing force
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Which one of Newton’s Laws is this?
1st Law
2nd Law
3rd Law
The force two objects apply to each other is called:
force pair
normal force
The force that pushes back is the normal force. This is the force that pushes ____________ to the object’s surface.
Perpendicular
parallel
An ________ collision occurs when colliding objects bounce off each other.
elastic
inelastic
A child is riding her bike. She crashed into a pole. Which is the action force?
Crashing into the mailbox
Pushing the pedal with her foot
What is the starting point you choose to describe the position of an object called?
reference direction
reference point
My dog is sitting 10 feet in front of the lawn chair. Which of these is the reference point?
My dog
The lawn chair
An object’s distance in a certain direction from a reference point is called:
Placement
position
The length of the path an object moves is called:
The distance
The displacement
The difference between the initial position and the final position is called:
The distance
The displacement
Average speed is a ratio. It is the distance an object moves divided by the time it takes for the object to move that distance.
True
Falser
What do we call the speed and direction of an object’s motion?
Velocity
Vector
The measure of the change in velocity during a period of time is called:
Velocity
Acceleration
A force is:
Only a push
A push or a pull
The acceleration of an object is equal to the net force acting on the object divided by the object’s mass. Which one of Newton’s Laws is this?
1st law
2nd law
3rd law
The force of friction acts in the opposite direction of the motion.
true
false
If the net force on an object is zero, the motion of the object does not change. Which one of Newton’s Laws is this?
1st law
2nd law
3rd law
