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Motion and Forces

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is your average speed if you take 0.5 h to jog 4,000 m?
a)
8000 m/h
b)
2000 m/h
c)
0.000125 m/h
d)
800 m/h
2.

What two things must you know to determine speed?

a)

distance and direction

b)

direction and time

c)

speed and direction

d)

time and distance

3.
Which of the following is a measurement of velocity?
a)
16 m east
b)
25 m/s2
c)
55 m/h south
d)
60 km/h
4.
Changing the speed and changing the direction of your bicycle are both examples of acceleration.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
5.
8 N to the left , and 4 N to the right. Find the net force. Is this balanced?
a)
12 N Right;  No
b)
4 N Left;  No
c)
12 N Right;  Yes
d)
4 N Left;  Yes
6.
What is the speed of an object that travels 60 meters in 4 seconds?
a)
240 m/s
b)
15 m/s
c)
0.067 m/s
d)
15 mph
7.

A runner runs 2 laps around a track with a circumference of 400 m. What is their total displacement?

a)

800 m

b)

0

c)

400 m

d)

400 m North

8.

What distance will a car traveling 65 km/hr travel in 180 min?

a)

11,700 m

b)

195 m

c)

21.7 m

d)

2.77 m

9.

What force slows objects down and opposes their motion?

a)

Acceleration

b)

Friction

c)

Gravity

d)

Net Force

10.

Which one is balanced?

a)

Top

b)

Bottom

c)

Both

d)

Neither

11.

Final speed-Initial speed divided by

Time

a)

Formula of speed

b)

Formula for velocity

c)

Formula for acceleration

12.

The rate of the change in Velocity is

a)

velocity

b)

acceleration

c)

air resistance

d)

friction

13.
If an object does not move at all, what does that mean about the forces acting on the object? 
a)
The forces are balanced. 
b)
The forces are unbalanced. 
14.
Is a force that pulls objects toward each other and down to the ground
a)
Force
b)
Friction
c)
Gravity
d)
weight
15.

A push or pull that can change the position or motion of an object/material is --

a)

magnetism

b)

motion

c)

force

16.

What happens to the gravitational force between objects as the objects move closer together?

a)

It has no pattern

b)

It does not change

c)

It increases

d)

It decreases

17.
 What is the unit called that measures force?
a)
weight
b)
meter
c)
Newton
d)
kilogram
18.
What type of friction is not moving?
a)
static
b)
sliding
c)
fluid
d)
rolling
19.

What is the net force?

a)

40 N left

b)

400 N right

c)

0 N Balanced

d)

40 N right

20.

the amount of matter in an object measured in Kg is

a)

Mass

b)

Weight

21.

the amount of attraction on an object caused by gravity and measured in Newtons is

a)

Mass

b)

Weight

22.

What is the name of the force caused when two surfaces rub together?

a)

Friction

b)

Gravity

c)

Magnetic

23.

What is Net Force?

a)

One force acting on one object

b)

Isaac Newtons theory on atoms

c)

All of the forces acting on one object.

d)

The mass of one object.

24.

For forces going in the opposite direction we

a)

Multiply both forces

b)

Add both forces

c)

Subtract both forces

d)

Divide both forces

25.

Forces that have a zero net force are consider

(a)  

26.

5 m/ s2s^2  

a)

This is associated with speed.

b)

This is associated with mass.

c)

This is associated with Acceleration.

d)

This is associated with both mass and velocity.

27.

Velocity is

a)

Speed with mass.

b)

Speed with Acceleration.

c)

Direction with time.

d)

Speed with Direction.

28.

The gravitational attraction between two objects would increase if both masses are –

a)

increased, and the distance between them is increased.

b)

increased, and the distance between them is decreased.

c)

decreased, and the distance between them is decreased.

d)

decreased, and the distance between them is increased.

29.

As distance between two objects increases, the pull of gravity ...

a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Stays the same
30.
A person would weigh less on on the Moon than on the Earth because . . .
a)
Moon has more mass, and therefore more gravity
b)
Moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity
c)
Moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity
d)
Moon has less mass and therefore less gravity
31.

When you begin to slow down as you are traveling in a car, you are now

a)

Velocitizing

b)

Speeding down

c)

decelerating

d)

speeding up

32.

Acceleration in a circle is called ...

a)

Constriction acceleration

b)

Centripetal acceleration

c)

Rounding acceleration

d)

Mary-go-round acceleration

33.

If an object, like a plane, is moving at a constant speed and direction are the forces on it balanced?

a)

Yes

b)

No

34.

Click all the ways that you can reduce friction.

a)

Grease

b)

Smooth the surface

c)

Add wheels

d)

Make the wheels a square shape

e)

Oil

35.

What was happening to object during the time period of 7 to 8 seconds?

a)

it was stopped

b)

it was decelerating

c)

it was accelerating

d)

it's speed was constant

36.

What can we say about the speed of this object by looking at the graph?

a)

It is not moving

b)

It is accelerating

c)

It is decelerating

d)

It has a constant speed.