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WorksheetsHonors Review - Force, Mass, and Motion (SPS8abcd)
Total questions: 115
Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins
Reese can run 10 meters in 5 seconds. What is her speed? (a)
The picture of the position vs. time graph shows an object that is (a)
Which graph shows the object standing still? (a)
The SI unit for acceleration is (a)
Scott travels north 5 miles and then goes west 3 miles before coming straight back south 5 miles. What is his distance?
13 mi
10 mi
8 mi
5 mi
Scott travels north 5 miles and then goes west 3 miles before coming straight back south 5 miles. What is his displacement?
3 mi west
5 mi east
3 mi east
5 mi west
What is this line of this graph showing?
moving away from starting point at a constant speed
moving back towards the starting point at a constant speed
acceleration (getting faster)
deceleration (getting slower)
The force that pulls objects towards Earth.
Gravity
Friction
Wind
Sun
What will happen if you were to drop a 16mm steel marble and a 16mm cork marble onto the floor from the same height and at the same time in a vacuum?
The steel marble will land first.
The cork marble will land first.
Both the steel marble and the cork marble will land at the same time.
Zombies will take over the world.
A student places a ball on the ground and kicks it hard. The ball moves along the ground. Which statement is true?
The kick decreases the weight of the ball
The kick applies force, which changes the motion of the ball.
The kick decreased the force of gravity acting on the ball.
The kick removes friction between the ball and the ground.
Which ball would create more force upon impact?
a fast moving ball
a slow moving ball
a ball at rest
none of the above
Weight is:
The change in position of an object over time
The total amount of force on an object
The amount of matter in an object
The effect of gravitational force on the mass of an object
A push or pull on an object that puts it in motion
When a car suddenly stops at a red light, a pizza lying in the passengers seat flies in to the windshield. Why does the pizza fly forward?
The pizza loses its backward force
The pizza's inertia causes it to continue moving.
The friction of braking transfers energy to the pizza.
The pizza ghost
How much force is needed to accelerate a 5 kg marble at a rate of 2.5 m/s?
12.5 N
10.0 N
2.0 N
12.0 N
A sloping force, like a ramp, that reduces the mount of force required to lift an object.
screw
wheel and axle
inclined plane
lever
A simple machine that can split things apart or hold a door open.
wedge
screw
lever
inclined plane
Stairs, wheelchair ramp, etc.
In order for a force to be "balanced" it must have forces equal in size but
similar in shape
similar in magnitude
opposite in color
opposite in direction
During which segment of the graph is the person moving the fastest?
A
B
C
D
Which box shows a box with a net force of 5N down
1
2
3
4
A person walks 25 meters east and 10 meters west. What is the total distance walked?
25 m
10 m
35 m
15 m
A person walks 25 meters east and 10 meters west. What is the total displacement of the person?
25 m east
10 m west
35 m east
15 m east
15 m west
____ changes depending on gravitational pull, _____ does not.
mass; weight
weight; mass
gravity; energy
energy; gravity
Newton's 2nd Law of Motion can be summarized by which of the following?
Action and reaction pairs
An object in motion stays in motion
F = ma
Energy can't be created or destroyed
Newton's 1st Law of Motion can be summarized by which of the following sayings?
Action and reaction pairs
An object in motion stays in motion
F = ma
Energy can't be created or destroyed
An index card is placed on top of a cup and a penny is placed on the index card. When the index card is suddenly knocked away with your finger, the penny falls into the cup. The motion of the penny can be explained by _______.
Newton's 1st Law
Newton's 2nd Law
Newton's 3rd Law
Newton's 4th Law
When you decrease the distance between two objects, what happens to the gravitational force?
Decreases
Stays the same
Increases
None of these
The efficiency of a machine is a measure of how much of the work put into the machine is converted into useful output work. Why can efficiency never reach 100%?
acceleration
elasticity
friction
math
Who has more inertia?
Andrew and Nathan are driving in separate cars from Atlanta, GA to Panama City, FL. The destination is 288 miles away. Andrew arrives in Panama City after 4 hours and 15 minutes. Nathan arrives after 4 hours and 28 minutes. Which of the following best explains why Andrew arrived first?
Nathan was driving at a faster speed than Andrew
Andrew was driving at a faster speed than Nathan
Nathan's destination was farther away than Andrew's destination
Andrew made more stops during his trip
Janie is setting up an experiment to study speed using a toy car and a 3 meter track. The car travels down the track in 5.8 seconds during the 1st trial, 5.2 seconds during the 2nd trial, and 6.0 seconds during the 3rd trial.
Janie calculates the speed for each trial, then organized her data from highest speed to lowest speed. Which list is organized correctly?
Trial 1, Trial 2, Trial 3
Trial 3, Trial 2, Trial 1
Trial 2, Trial 3, Trial 1
Trial 2, Trial 1, Trial 3
Suppose a rollerblade racer finished a 132 meter race in 18 seconds. What is the average speed of the rollerblade racer?
0.136 m/s
2.376 m/s
7.33 m/s
2376 m/s
Diego kicks a soccer ball from the end line. His fellow students time and mark the soccer ball as it moves down the field. The graph represents the ball's progress.
Based on the graph, during what time is the soccer ball not moving?
from 0 to 1.5 seconds
from 3.0 to 4.5 seconds
from 4.5 to 5.0 seconds
from 1.5 to 3.0 seconds
The graph represents the distance a car travels over time while on the highway. Which statement about the car's trip is accurate?
The car does not move over time.
The car travels at a constant velocity.
The car's velocity increases constantly over time.
The car's velocity decreases constantly over time.
At 25°C, sound can travel 100 meters across a football field in 0.29 seconds. Determine the velocity of these sound waves in the direction they travel across the field.
0.0029 m/s
29 m/s
345 m/s
34,500 m/s
Assume this is an velocity graph, where the X axis represents time in seconds and the Y axis represent velocity in m/s. Which statement BEST describes the acceleration represented by the graph?
There is no acceleration
Acceleration is positive
Acceleration is positive and constant
Acceleration is positive and increasing
Which car is accelerating?
a car that is unmoving
a car that rounds a curve at a constant speed
a car that travels in straight line at a constant speed
a car that is set to a constant speed of 60 miles per hour
A racecar driver circles a racetrack with a constant speed of 110 km/hr.
Which BEST describes the speed and velocity of the car?
The speed and velocity remains constant.
The speed is constant and velocity is changing.
The speed has no impact on the velocity of the car.
The velocity changes only if the car slows down or speeds up.
The graph shown is a velocity-time graph of an object. What is the acceleration of the object from 6.0 to 10.0 seconds?
0.55 m/s/s
1.8 m/s/s
4.0 m/s/s
7.2 m/s/s
Inertia is a property of matter that __________ changes in motion
accelerates
causes
resists
stabilizes
If you exert the same force on two objects with different masses, you will get different accelerations (changes in motion).
Newton's 1st Law
Newton's 2nd Law
Newton's 3rd Law
Kepler's 2nd Law
An object's tendency to stay at rest or resist a change in motion:
Inertia
Force
Acceleration
Reaction
An archer shoots an arrow. The action force is the bowstring against the arrow, the reaction force is...
air resistance against the bow
the arrow's push against the bowstring
the grip of the archer's hand on the bow
a reaction to the reaction
A player throws a ball. The action force is the player's impact on the ball. The reaction force is...
the force of the ball's impact on the player
the force of the grip of the ball
the force of the ball landing on the ground
the high five at the end of the play
Inertia depends on ______
Velocity
Speed
Distance
Mass
What is the net force of someone sitting in a chair?
The net force equals the person's weight.
The net force equals zero.
The net force equals the force of gravity.
The net force is equal to the normal force applied to the person by the chair.
What is the net force of a game of tug of war when team A is pulling with 100 N and team B is pulling with 75 N?
Net force equals 175 N in the direction of team A.
Net force equals 175 N in the direction of team B.
Net force equals 25 N in the direction of team A.
Net force equals 25 N in the direction of team B.
A car engine is applying a forward force 400 N and the friction acting against the car is 400 N. Are the forces balanced? Is there a change in speed?
The forces acting on the car are balanced and the speed will change.
The forces acting on the car are balanced and the speed does not change.
The forces acting on the car are unbalanced and the speed will change.
The forces acting on the car are unbalanced and the speed does not change.
Why is a bucket full of sand harder to push than an empty bucket?
unbalanced forces
weight
inertia
balanced forces
Calculate the net force.
400 N up
400 N down
2000 N up
2000 N down
Calculate the net force.
200 N up
200 N down
1400 N up
1400 N down
Calculate the net force.
100 N up
50 N down
20 N left
100 N left
Which law of motion is represented by the following scenario:
Matt Bryant kicked the winning field goal for the Atlanta Falcons football game.
Newton's 1st Law
Newton's 2nd Law
Newton's 3rd Law
The Falcons WON a game??
Which law of motion is represented by the following scenario:
A baseball player hits a homerun.
Newton's 1st Law
Newton's 2nd Law
Newton's 3rd Law
Yes .... Barry Bonds cheated.
Which law of motion is represented by the following scenario:
Your bookbag is sitting on your desk and not moving.
Newton's 1st Law
Newton's 2nd Law
Newton's 3rd Law
Law of Unexpected Consequences
Which of the following situations could the graph represent?
a ball being dropped off a table
a car accelerating north at a green light
an insect walking due east at a constant velocity
a student walking toward his locker, then turning around and walking away
The graph relates speed and time of four cars traveling along a straight highway. Which two cars move with zero acceleration?
1 and 4
2 and 3
1 and 2
3 and 4
Jessica is comparing two balls. One ball has a mass of 1 kg, and the other has a mass of 2 kg. She pushes each with a force of 100 N. How do the accelerations of the two balls compare?
The 1 kg ball accelerates the same as the
2 kg ball
The 1 kg ball accelerates half as much as the 2 kg ball
The 1 kg ball accelerates twice as much as the 2 kg ball
The 1 kg ball accelerates four times as much as the 2 kg ball
A fisherman steps off a boat, which is in the water, onto a dock. What happens?
The boat and dock do not move
The boat moves toward the dock
The boat moves away from the dock
The dock moves away from the boat
Look at the diagram of forces acting on an object. The picture shows a push and a pull acting on a box of books sitting on the floor. What is the net force toward the right on the box?
0 N
50 N
100 N
2,500 N
An airplane is traveling at a speed of 200 m/s relative to the Earth. A person walks toward the front of the plane at a speed of 1 m/s. How fast is that person traveling in reference to the other people on the airplane?
0 m/s
1 m/s
200 m/s
201 m/s
Carts A and B each have the same force applied to them. Cart A has half the mass of Cart B. How does Newton’s first law of motion predict the resulting accelerations of the carts?
Cart A will have the greater acceleration
Cart B will have the greater acceleration
Carts A and B will have the same acceleration
The law cannot predict the accelerations without additional information
How are velocity and speed related to each other?
Speed and velocity are both only a change in position over time
Velocity and speed both include the direction and a change in position over time
Speed includes the direction and a change in position over time, but velocity is only a change in position over time
Velocity includes the direction and a change in position over time, but speed is only a change in position over time
Two ice skaters on ice push away from each other. What will be the effect of the forces of their pushing each other if their masses are different?
The opposing forces are the same. The skater with the greater mass will have the lesser acceleration since a = F/m
The skater with the greater mass will have the greater force and the greater acceleration since a = F/m
The opposing forces are the same. The skater with the greater mass will have the greater acceleration since a = F/m
Which grocery basket would have greater acceleration
Which grocery basket would have less acceleration?
Lola wants to measure her average speed when biking around her neighborhood. What information does Lola need to gather?
bike weight and total time traveled
distance traveled and direction
distance traveled and total time traveled
bike weight and direction
A ball travels at a constant speed of 6 meters per second along a frictionless surface. Which table correctly shows what a student may have measured and recorded if they watched this ball in motion over a 10-second time period?
Which of the following statements about the car's motion is true?
The total time for the car trip was 50 minutes.
The car returned to where it had started the trip at the end of the trip.
The car did not slow down during the trip.
The car did not travel at a constant speed during the entire trip.
Which statement BEST describes the motion of the cars?
Cars 1 and 3 have constant speeds, whereas Car 2 has a variable speed.
Cars 1 and 3 have variable speeds, whereas Car 2 has a constant speed.
All three of the cars have variable speeds.
All three of the cars have constant speeds
Taryn is playing with a bouncy ball. She notices that the ball seems to travel faster on its way back toward the ground than on its way up into the sky. Why would the ball go slower moving away from the ground?
because the ball must move against the force of Earth's gravitational field on the way up
because the ball must move against the force of Earth's magnetic field on the way up
because the ball moves with the friction force of air molecules on the way down
because the ball moves with the elastic force of air molecules on the way down
Kevin places a book on a desk. Why does the book stay still on the desk?
There are no upward forces on the book.
There are no downward forces on the book.
The forces acting on the book are balanced.
The forces acting on the book are unbalanced.
A teacher is demonstrating acceleration to his class by throwing two balls. He throws both balls using the same amount of force in the same direction. The first ball he throws has a mass of 0.1 kg and the second ball has a mass of 0.5 kg. Which statement BEST compares and describes the likely results of the demonstration?
The first ball has a smaller mass, so it will have less acceleration than the second ball.
The first ball has a smaller mass, so it will have greater acceleration than the second ball.
The balls will have equal acceleration because they are being thrown in the same direction.
The balls will have equal acceleration because they are being thrown with the same force.
Which argument is supported by the results of the investigation?
The acceleration of an object is proportional to the mass of the object but not the force applied to it.
The acceleration of an object is proportional to the force applied to the object but not the mass of it.
The acceleration of an object is proportional to both the mass of the object and the force applied to it.
The acceleration of an object is neither proportional to the force applied to the object nor the mass of it.
Which graph correctly shows the distance and time traveled by the race car?
Which of the following can cause a moving object to change direction?
acceleration
velocity
inertia
force
A little girl pushes her toy car along the concrete sidewalk. Eventually, the toy car slows down and comes to a stop. What force played the greatest role in causing the toy car to slow down and stop?
frictional force
gravitational force
the force from the girl's push
the normal force from the ground
If the force of each team is balanced by the other, then
both teams will fall to the ground.
both teams will move to the right.
both teams will move to the left.
both teams will remain in place.
Which answer choice best explains why tractor trailers take more time to speed up and slow down than regular cars?
Tractor trailers have less mass and require less force to move.
Tractor trailers have more mass and require more force to move.
Tractor trailers have less mass and require more force to move.
Tractor trailers have more mass and require less force to move.
According to Newton's second law, which object requires the least amount of force to accelerate?
bike
skateboard
car
moving truck
The student claims that if she applies a force of 10 N to a block with a mass of 10 kg, it will accelerate faster than 2 m/s2. Which statement evaluates her claim correctly?
The claim is correct because heavier objects require more force to accelerate.
The claim is correct because heavier objects require less force to accelerate.
The claim is incorrect because heavier objects require more force to accelerate.
The claim is incorrect because heavier objects require less force to accelerate.
have greater masses.
have rougher surfaces.
are farther apart.
are moving at greater speed
Which of these is evidence that an unbalanced force is acting on an object?
The mass of the object is changing
The object continues moving in a straight line
The object remains at rest
The motion of the object is changing
What is inertia?
An object that is accelerating
Gravitational force
An objects tendency to resist any change in its motion
An unbalanced force
Inertia depends on __________.
Weight
Velocity
Mass
Acceleration
Newton's third law states.......
For each action there is a larger reaction associated with it.
None of these choices
For each action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
For each action there is a smaller reaction associated with it.
What formula is used to calculate force?
Acceleration = Force x Mass
Force = Mass x Acceleration
Work = Force x Distance
Mass = Force + Acceleration
Newton's First Law States........
A - Objects at rest tend to stay at rest unless acted on by an outside force.
B - Objects accelerate often and it is difficult to know when or how they will accelerate.
C - Objects in motion tend to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
Both A & C
