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Motion

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 4hrs 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a force?
a)
a push or pull
b)
speed or acceleration 
c)
potential or kinetic energy
d)
balanced or unbalanced force
2.
When objects remain in the same place, it is called...
a)
gravity
b)
friction
c)
balanced force
d)
unbalanced force
3.
What is the force that causes everything to be pulled down to the Earth?
a)
friction
b)
gravity
c)
balanced
d)
unbalanced
4.

An unbalanced force is when objects move in one direction because the force is greater from the opposite direction.

a)

true

b)

false

5.
What pulls a ball back to earth?
a)
Gas
b)
Gravity
c)
Friction
d)
Molecules
6.

An automobile you are riding in suddenly stops, why does your body continue to go forward?

a)

An object in motion stays in motion.

b)

Gravity pulls your body towards the earth.

c)

Friction makes your body slow down.

7.

If you push a tennis ball, a bowling ball, and a basketball with the same amount of force, which one will go farthest?

a)

bowling ball

b)

tennis ball

c)

basketball

8.

It is much more difficult to move a dresser full of clothes than an empty dresser. Why?

a)

An object in motion stays in motion.

b)

It takes more force to move an object with more mass.

c)

It takes more friction to move the empty dresser.

9.
Why does a rolling ball stop?
a)
Gravity
b)
Friction
c)
Waterfalls
d)
Sand
10.
An object is moving at a constant speed. The object changes direction & continues moving at the same speed. What caused the object to change direction?

a)
Inertia & gravity 
b)
Momentum 
c)
Change in speed 
d)
An outside force acted upon it
11.

What is an example of a balanced force?

a)

a person pushing a car across the road

b)

two people pushing a box on opposite sides with the same force

c)

a boat slowing down on a lake

12.

Which is true?

a)

objects with less mass require less force

b)

objects with less mass require more force

c)

objects with more mass require less force

13.

Imagine a person pushing a box across the floor. What will increase the speed of the box moving?

a)

the person applying less force to the box

b)

the person applying a greater force to the box

c)

increase the mass of the box

14.

An object is _____ if its position changes.

a)

in motion

b)

at rest

c)

a frame of reference

d)

magical

15.

__________ energy is stored energy because of an object's position.

a)

Potential

b)

Kinetic

c)

None of the above

d)

All of the above

16.
Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 
a)
Potential 
b)
Energy
c)
Kinetic
d)
Friction
17.
What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
18.
What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
19.
What kind of energy is in a waving hand?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
20.
At which point is potential energy greatest?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
21.
A ____________ is a push or a pull on an object.
a)
friction
b)
force
c)
magnet
d)
gravity
22.
If these teams are pulling with the same amount of force what will happen?
a)
The boy in blue will win.
b)
They will not move at all.
c)
The boy in red will win.
d)
Both will fall down.
23.

Without gravity we would________.

a)

float away

b)

stay in the ground

c)

nothing would happen

24.

Which objects have a stronger force of gravity?

a)

objects with greater mass, like Jupiter

b)

objects with less mass, like the Earth's moon

25.

What is mass?

a)

the amount of matter that makes up an object

b)

how much gravity is pulling an object

26.

What is weight?

a)

The measure of how heavy something is.

b)

The measure of how fast an object moves.

c)

Being weightless in space.

27.

What is energy?

a)

moving energy

b)

stored energy

c)

renewable energy

d)

the ability to do work

28.

What is energy?

a)

moving energy

b)

stored energy

c)

renewable energy

d)

the ability to do work

29.

What is potential energy?

a)

moving energy

b)

stored energy

c)

renewable energy

d)

non renewable energy

30.

What is an example of potential energy?

a)

moving energy

b)

stored energy

c)

a ball at rest on a desk

d)

a ball rolling off a desk onto the floor

31.

What is an example of kinetic energy?

a)

a ball at rest on a desk

b)

a ball rolling off the desk onto the floor

c)

a car sitting in a driveway

d)

a brick in a wall

32.

What is kinetic energy?

a)

moving energy

b)

potential energy

c)

stored energy

d)

renewable energy