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Forces and Motion

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tim coaches soccer clinics and charges $15.00 per player. T stands for the total amount of money he makes and P stands for the number of players that sign up. What is the independent variable?

a)

P- number of players that sign up

b)

T - Total amount of money he makes

c)

no clue

d)

not here

2.

Becky wanted to know which type of liquid worked best for growing beans. She watered one with coca-cola, one with lemonade, and one with water. After one week she measured how high they had grown.

a)

Independent Variable - liquid used

b)

Independent Variable - how much plants grew

c)

Independent Variable - the plants

d)

Independent Variable - Becky

3.

Which one is balanced?

a)

bottom one

b)

top one

c)

both

d)

neither

4.

What is the net force?

a)

3N left

b)

17N left

c)

3N right

d)

17N right

5.

If two different forces are both going in the same direction...

a)

they will reduce each other

b)

they have no effect on each other

c)

they will add together to make a larger force

d)

they have the same magnitude

6.

True or false: You weigh more on the moon than you do on Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Weight

a)

remains the same.

b)

the amount of space an object takes up.

c)

irregular objects can be immersed in water and measure the increase in volume of the water.

d)

the gravitational pull on an object

8.

Mass

a)

never changes

b)

changes on Location

c)

spring scale

d)

1/6 on the moon

9.

Which runner was the slowest?

a)

Cameron

b)

Juanita

c)

Ashok

d)

Angela

10.

During which segment does the student stop moving?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

11.

Average speed

a)

total distance divided by total time

b)

Meters per second

c)

Distance on the y axis and time on the x axis

d)

speed times time

12.

People playing tug-of-war with equal forces is an example of...

a)

Balanced force

b)

Net force

c)

Unbalanced force

d)

I don't know

13.

Scientists do ____________ to answer questions about how things work.

a)

Homework

b)

Experiments

c)

Recipes

d)

Free Falls

14.

True or False: Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation says the force of gravity between two objects always stays the same.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

d)

I don't know

15.

Which line is the fastest?

a)

They went the same speed

b)

Green

c)

Red

d)

They went the same distance in the same amount of time

16.

On a distance time graph, a straight diagonal line indicates the object's speed is?

a)

Going back to start

b)

at rest

c)

accelerating

d)

constant

17.

Which line segment in the graph shows the object is not moving?

a)

B-C

b)

A-B

c)

C-D

d)

neither segment shows an object that is stationary

18.

The distance an object moves in a unit of time (ex: 30 MPH)

a)

speed

b)

velocity

c)

position

d)

reference point

19.

The measure of change in velocity in a period of time.

a)

speed

b)

velocity

c)

acceleration

d)

position

20.

Gravitational force depends on

a)

volume and mass

b)

distance and mass

c)

mass and time

d)

distance and time

21.

Which force is a contact force?

a)

electrical force

b)

gravitational force

c)

frictional force

d)

magnetic force

22.

Jason wanted to know what fertilizer worked best for growing marigolds. He put Miracle Grow on one, Scotts fertilizer on one, and nothing on another. He measured the height of the marigolds after one month.

a)

Dependent variable = Jason

b)

Dependent variable = height of the marigolds

c)

Dependent variable = type of fertilizer used

d)

Dependent variable = the marigolds