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Reading Check: Forces, Friction, and Gravity (6)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the SI unit used to measure force? 
a)
Pounds 
b)
Grams 
c)
Newtons 
d)
kg/ m2
2.
You push on a tree with 20 N of force. If the tree doesn't move, the tree is pushing back on you with _____of force.
a)
20N 
b)
40N 
c)
10N 
d)
70N
3.
What is the force acting between any two objects in the known universe all the time?
a)
Gravitational Force 
b)
Force of Friction 
c)
Normal Force 
d)
Electromagnetic Force 
4.

Forces that have a net force of zero and do not affect an object's movement are called ____

a)

balanced forces

b)

unbalanced forces

c)

frictional forces

d)

gravity

5.

Which two factors affect the strength of gravity?

a)

Mass and weight

b)

Speed and mass

c)

Force and distance from the source of gravity

d)

Distance from the source of gravity and mass

6.

What is the difference between mass and weight?

a)

Nothing. They are the same.

b)

Mass is how much "stuff" something is made of, and weight is how much gravity pulls on that "stuff".

c)

Weight is how much "stuff" something is made of, and mass is how much gravity pulls on that "stuff".

d)

Mass is how heavy something is, and weight is how much "stuff" something is made of.

7.
As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity 
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Stays the same
8.
If Earth's mass was cut in half, what would happen to your mass?
a)
increase because gravitational force increases
b)
decrease because gravitational force decreases
c)
decrease because gravitational force increases
d)
nothing, mass is not affected by gravitational force
9.
What states that "every object in the universe attracts every other object"?
a)
Law of Universal Gravitation
b)
Newton's First Law of Motion
c)
My mother
d)
Inertia & gravity
10.

What is the net force on the object?

a)

3 N right

b)

6 N right

c)

9 N right

d)

9 N left