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Motion and Force

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 2hrs 9mins

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1.

Which of the following is an example of exerting force?

a)

a child running through a field

b)

a train speeding down a track

c)

a carpenter hammering a nail

d)

an airplane soaring through the sky

2.

What happens when two forces act in the same direction?

a)

they cancel each other out

b)

the stronger one prevails

c)

they add together

d)

their sum divided by two is the total force

3.

The tendency of an object to resist change in its motion is known as...

a)

mass

b)

inertia

c)

force

d)

balance

4.

The greater the mass of an object, ______.

a)

The easier the object starts moving

b)

the greater its inertia

c)

the more balanced it is

d)

the more space it takes up

5.

The force that one surface exerts on another when the two rub against each other is called

a)

friction

b)

acceleration

c)

inertia

d)

gravity

6.

Which of the following is an example of rolling friction?

a)

your shoes on a sidewalk as you walk

b)

bike tires on the road as you ride

c)

a boat on the water as it sails

d)

two hands rubbing together

7.

Air resistance is a type of

a)

motion

b)

acceleration

c)

velocity

d)

friction

8.

The product of an object's mass and velocity is called its

a)

inertia

b)

momentum

c)

acceleration

d)

force

9.

The achievement of lifting a rocket off the ground and into space can be explained by

a)

Newton's first law

b)

Newton's second law

c)

Newton's third law

d)

The law of conservation of momentum

10.

Any force that causes an object to move in a circle is called a(n)

a)

balanced force

b)

unbalanced force

c)

gravitational force

d)

centripetal force

11.

In physical science, a push or a pull is called a(an)

a)

force

b)

acceleration

c)

inertia

d)

motion

12.

How can you increase the momentum of an object?

a)

by decreasing its velocity

b)

by increasing its mass

c)

by increasing its friction

d)

by decreasing its acceleration

13.

The SI unit for force is the

a)

newton

b)

meter

c)

kilogram

d)

pound

14.

Balanced forces acting on an object

a)

always change the object's motion

b)

sometimes change the object's motion

c)

never change the object's motion

d)

are not related to motion

15.

When an object's distance from another object is changing,

a)

it is in motion

b)

it is speeding

c)

it has a high velocity

d)

it is accelerating

16.

Speed equals distance divided by

a)

time

b)

velocity

c)

size

d)

motion

17.

When you know both the speed and direction of an object's motion, you know the

a)

average speed of the object

b)

acceleration of the object

c)

distance the object has traveled

d)

velocity of the object

18.

To determine the acceleration rate of an object, you must calculate the change in speed during each unit of

a)

velocity

b)

time

c)

motion

d)

deceleration

19.

If speed is measured in kilometers per hour and time is measured in hours, the unit of acceleration is

a)

hours

b)

kilometers per hour

c)

kilometers per hour per hour

d)

kilometers

20.

Average speed is

a)

equivalent to velocity

b)

the rate at which an object is moving at a given instant

c)

the rate at which a slope changes

d)

the total distance traveled divided by the total time

21.

If you know the distance an object has traveled in a certain amount of time, you can determine

a)

the size of the object

b)

the speed of the object

c)

the location of the object

d)

the acceleration of the object

22.

It is rare for any motion to

a)

stay the same for very long

b)

change quickly

c)

increase in velocity

d)

decrease in speed

23.

If a bicyclist travels 30 kilometers in two hours, her average speed is

a)

30 km/h

b)

60 km/h

c)

15 km/h

d)

2 km/h

24.

In an acceleration graph showing the speed versus time, a straight line shows the acceleration is

a)

decreasing

b)

increasing

c)

changing

d)

constant

25.

Which of the following is the correct equation for acceleration?

a)

acceleration = (initial speed - final speed)/time

b)

acceleration = time/(final speed -initial speed)

c)

acceleration = (final speed - initial speed) x time

d)

acceleration = (final speed - initial speed)/time

26.

According to Newton's second law of motion, (a)   depends on an object's mass and the net force acting on the object.

27.

Newton's third law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal but opposite (a)   .

28.

(a)   is the rate at which an object is moving at a given instant.

29.

A person traveling in a car that stops suddenly keeps moving forward due to (a)   .

30.

A (an) (a)   is an object that is thrown.

31.

When ___ ______ equals the force of gravity on a falling object, the object reaches the terminal velocity.

(a)  

32.

If the action force of a bat striking a ball accelerates the ball in one direction, the reaction force accelerates the bat in the (a)   direction.

33.

Speed that does not change is referred to as (a)   speed.

34.

A speed of 15 kilometers per hour is abbreviated as 15 (a)   .

35.

Acceleration is the rate of change in (a)   .

36.

A golf ball (a)   when either its speed or direction changes.

37.

The abbreviation of the unit of acceleration (meters per second per second) is

(a)  

38.

What two variables are plotted in the graph?

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39.

What does the line segment on the graph from 0 to 3 seconds represent? Explain your answer.

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40.

What is the acceleration of the ball between 0 and 3 seconds?

41.

What happened to the speed of the ball during the final two seconds?

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42.

Does the graph indicate that the ball decelerated? Explain your answer.

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43.

How far did the ball move in the final 2 seconds?

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