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Motion Unit Review

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_____ is an object's change in position relative to a reference point.

a)

Motion

b)

Distance

c)

Speed

d)

Force

2.

What do we call the measure of how far an object actually moves or travels (the actual path)?

a)

Motion

b)

Distance

c)

Displacement

d)

Speed

3.

What do we call the change in position of an object from start to finish?

a)

distance

b)

motion

c)

displacement

d)

momentum

4.

Between distance and displacement, which will NEVER be longer than the other?

a)

displacement

b)

distance

5.

____ is a quantity that has both magnitude and direction.

a)

distance

b)

motion

c)

vector

d)

displacement

6.

Which of the following is NOT a vector?

a)

displacement

b)

velocity

c)

acceleration

d)

force

e)

speed

7.

Which two quantities does speed measure?

a)

displacement

b)

momentum

c)

distance

d)

time

8.

What do we call an objects speed AND direction of motion?

a)

momentum

b)

velocity

c)

inertia

d)

vector

9.

When an object changes speed or direction, it is ___

a)

accelerating

b)

balancing

c)

displacing

d)

speeding

10.

When the motion of a body experiences only the force of gravity, it is in ___

a)

Texas

b)

deceleration

c)

free fall

d)

instantaneous velocity

11.

What do we call an action exerted on a body in order to change the body's state of rest or motion?

a)

inertia

b)

acceleration

c)

friction

d)

force

12.

What unit do we use for force?

a)

m/s

b)

N

c)

m/s2

d)

kg

13.

You push on a door with 10 N while someone on the opposite side pushes back with 10 N of force.

a)

These forces are balanced. No motion

b)

You will open the door

c)

The other person opens the door

d)

The forces are balanced. The door will swing back and forth.

14.

When forces are unbalanced, ___

a)

There is no net force

b)

There will be no motion

c)

There will be a positive net force

d)

The object will always experience free fall

15.

Which direction does friction work?

a)

in the same direction of motion

b)

in a direction perpendicular to the motion

c)

in the opposite direction of motion

d)

friction is unrelated to motion

16.

Which type of friction do you feel right before you push your chair across the floor (no motion)?

a)

static

b)

sliding

c)

rolling

d)

fluid

17.

Which type of friction does a submarine experiences as it moves through the ocean?

a)

static

b)

sliding

c)

rolling

d)

fluid

18.

Which type of friction does your shopping cart experience as you push it down the aisle?

a)

static

b)

sliding

c)

rolling

d)

fluid

19.

Which type of friction makes it possible for you to start a fire by rubbing 2 pieces of wood together?

a)

static

b)

sliding

c)

rolling

d)

fluid

20.

What do we call the attractive force that pulls masses together?

a)

free fall

b)

inertia

c)

gravity

d)

momentum

21.

As we increase the mass of an object, what happens to its gravitational pull on its neighboring objects?

a)

It decreases

b)

It increases

c)

It stays the same

d)

Only the earth has a gravitational pull on everything on it

22.

As you increase the distance between 2 objects, the gravitational pull ____

a)

It decreases

b)

It increases

c)

It stays the same

d)

It is squared

23.

What is the horizontal component of projectile motion?

a)

gravity

b)

the angle at the projectile was launched

c)

the force with which the projectile was launched

d)

the air resistance the object experiences

24.

What is the vertical component of projectile motion?

a)

gravity

b)

the angle at which the projectile was launched

c)

the force with which the projectile was launched

d)

the air resistance the projectile experiences

25.

All objects on Earth experience the same acceleration due to gravity.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Which scientist asked, "Does the moon also fall?" and then discovered gravity?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

Michio Kaku

d)

Sir Isaac Newton

27.

"An object at rest remains at rest and an object in motion remains in motion unless acted upon by ___"

a)

an unbalanced, external force

b)

an internal force

c)

only gravity

d)

an internal balanced force

28.

Which of Newton's laws of motion is also called the law of inertia?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

29.

Which of Newton's laws is also called the law of action and reaction pairs?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

30.

Which of Newton's laws gave us the formula F = ma?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

31.

Rockets are propelled through the air by combustion reactions inside their engines (explosions!). Which of Newton's laws describes this phenomenon?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

32.

In your lab, you pushed a skateboard with a can of wipes on it. The wipes rolled backwards and fell off. This is due to which physics phenomenon?

a)

momentum

b)

friction

c)

inertia

d)

gravity

33.

Which of Newton's laws of motion explains why you feel recoil when you fire a gun?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

34.

What is the force responsible for keeping you in motion?

a)

inertia

b)

friction

c)

momentum

d)

gravity

35.

Which object has the greatest momentum?

a)

a small toy car

b)

a feather

c)

a bowling ball

d)

a dumptruck

36.

Weight is the same as mass.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Only on Earth

37.

___ is the force of an object due to gravity.

a)

inertia

b)

friction

c)

weight

d)

mass

38.

Which universal force is responsible for holding atoms together?

a)

weak nuclear

b)

electromagnetism

c)

strong nuclear

d)

gravitational force

39.

Which universal force is responsible for radioactive decay?

a)

weak nuclear

b)

electromagnetism

c)

strong nuclear

d)

gravitational force

40.

Which universal force is responsible for rainbows?

a)

weak nuclear

b)

electromagnetism

c)

strong nuclear

d)

gravitational force

41.

Which universal force is responsible for you falling out of bed?

a)

weak nuclear

b)

electromagnetism

c)

strong nuclear

d)

gravitational force

42.

Which universal force is the weakest?

a)

weak nuclear

b)

electromagnetism

c)

strong nuclear

d)

gravitational force

43.

Which universal force is the strongest?

a)

weak nuclear

b)

electromagnetism

c)

strong nuclear

d)

gravitational force