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Forces and Motion

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is force?

a)

A measure of power

b)

A push or pull

c)

How fast something is moving

d)

A tool of the Jedi

2.

What is the scientific unit for speed?

a)

F = ma

b)

kg

c)

m/s^2

d)

m/s

3.

Speed & Direction together is called -

a)

Velocity

b)

Viscosity

c)

Newton's Law

d)

Acceleration

4.

What is acceleration?

a)

How fast an object is moving

b)

Change in velocity over time

c)

Speed + Direction

d)

An object in motion stays in motion

5.

F=ma

a)

Newton's First Law

b)

Newton's Second Law

c)

Newton's Third Law

d)

Newton's favorite law

6.

What is the scientific unit for force?

a)

kg

b)

m/s

c)

N

d)

cm

7.

A ball with a mass of 3 kg is accelerating down a hill at 15 m/s^2. What is its force?

a)

5 N

b)

12 N

c)

0.2 N

d)

45 N

8.

Objects in motion will stay in motion and objects at rest will stay at rest, until acted on by ___________

a)

Inertia

b)

Newton

c)

Balanced Force

d)

Unbalanced force

9.

If the forces on an object are balanced, it will -

a)

Maintain its current velocity

b)

Slow down and stop

c)

Start to accelerate

d)

Explode

10.

Mass and Weight are the same thing.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What is weight?

a)

How much matter is in an object

b)

The force of gravity on an object

c)

The force that makes objects fall

d)

The same thing as mass

12.

If you take an object from Earth to the moon, what happens to its mass?

a)

It increases because there's no air resistance

b)

It decreases because there's less gravity

c)

It doesn't change

13.

What is the force that slows down an object moving across a surface?

a)

Gravity

b)

Inertia

c)

Friction

d)

Normal Force

14.

What is the net force of this interaction?

a)

700 N

<---

b)

100 N

--->

c)

700 N

--->

d)

100 N

<---

15.

Newton's Third Law states -

a)

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction

b)

Force equals mass times acceleration

c)

Objects in motion stay in motion and objects at rest stay at rest

d)

Do or do not. There is no try.