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Force and Motion review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a force?

a)

A speed and direction

b)

A push or pull

c)

A rise or run

d)

A this or that

2.

What is motion?

a)

the tendency to resist a change in motion

b)

When 2 surfaces rub against each other

c)

How far an object moves in a certain amount of time

d)

When an object changes its position over time

3.

What is speed?

a)

How far an object moves in a certain amount of time

b)

The force of attraction on all objects

c)

The tendency to resist a change in motion

d)

When an object changes its position over time

4.

What is acceleration

a)

A change in direction

b)

speed up

c)

slow down

d)

Change in height

5.

What is velocity

a)

A speed and a direction

Ex. 55mph NE

b)

A speed

Ex. 55mph

c)

A direction

Ex. NE

d)

42 mph

6.

Unbalanced force

a)

Net force not zero

A change in motion will occur

b)

Net force zero

No change in motion will occur

7.

Balanced force

a)

Net force not zero

A change in motion will occur

b)

Net force zero

No change in motion will occur

8.

Reference point

a)

A point of a pencil

b)

A point that shows where an object is on a map

c)

A stationary object that tells how far an object has moved

9.

What is Gravity?

a)

An attractive force that attracts everything to each other

b)

A force that repels everything from each other

c)

A contact force

d)

A force that is not important to science

10.

What is inertia?

a)

The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion

b)

The force of attraction on all objects

c)

When an object changes its position over time

d)

A speed and a direction

Ex 55mph SE

11.

What is static friction?

a)

The total amount of forces on an object

b)

Initial friction when you move an object

c)

The attraction of all objects

d)

How far an object has moved in a certain amount of time

12.

What is net force?

a)

The weakest force acting upon an object

b)

The strongest force acting upon an object

c)

The total combination of all forces acting upon an object

d)

One force acting upon an object

13.

What is friction?

a)

When the surfaces of two objects rub together

b)

A speed

c)

A direction

d)

When an object changes its position over time

14.

Contact force

a)

Forces that touch

b)

Forces that do not touch

15.

NonContact force

a)

Forces that touch

b)

Forces that do not touch

16.

What is the magnitude of a force?

a)

The arrows

b)

The position

c)

The direction

d)

The strength

17.

What do all forces have ?

a)

A magnitude

b)

A direction

c)

Anger issues

d)

Zero friends

18.

What are forces represented by?

a)

it has not been invented yet

b)

forces are not a thing

c)

They are not represented

d)

Arrows

19.

What are the 4 contact forces?

a)

Friction, Applied, air resistance, normal force

b)

Gravity, inertia, magnetism, electricity

20.

What are the 4 non-contact forces?

a)

Friction, Applied, air resistance, normal force

b)

Gravity, inertia, magnetism, electricity

21.

What 2 forces affect the force of gravity?

a)

Mass and distance

b)

speed and mass

c)

distance and speed

d)

Gravity can not be affected

22.

What is mass?

a)

How much matter is in an object

b)

The pull of gravity on an object

c)

A scientific word that nobody knows about

d)

No objects have mass

23.

What are 2 ways a force can affect an object

a)

Speed and direction

b)

Mass and speed

c)

Direction and mass

d)

An object cannot be affected by a force

24.

What is weight?

a)

The pull of gravity on an object

b)

How much matter is in an object

c)

The measurement of how tall something is

d)

What Weston likes to pick up

25.

What 2 factors affect friction?

a)

Mass and direction

b)

Surface area and weight

c)

Mass and weight

d)

Surface area and direction

26.

What are the 4 types of friction?

a)

Sliding, rolling, fluid, and static

b)

Friction is not a thing

c)

Gravity, electricity, magnetism, inertia

d)

Sliding, rolling, static, inertia

27.

What are the 3 speeds?

a)

Constant

b)

instantaneous

c)

average

d)

Speed is not a thing

28.

What is constant speed?

a)

Speed at that moment

b)

the total distance over the total amount of time

c)

going the same speed for a long period of time

29.

What is instantaneous speed?

a)

Speed at that moment

b)

the total distance over the total amount of time

c)

going the same speed for a long period of time

30.

What is average speed?

a)

Speed at that moment

b)

the total distance over the total amount of time

c)

going the same speed for a long period of time

31.

Why does the Earth have more of a gravitational affect than the moon?

a)

Earth has more mass

b)

The moon has more mass

c)

The Earth is better

d)

The moon is better

32.

What is acceleration?

a)

The rate at which velocity changes

b)

The rate at which the gravitational affect changes

c)

The rate of how fast the Earth spins

33.

What is the formula for Distance

a)

D=SxT

b)

D=S/T

c)

S=D/T

d)

T=D/S

34.

What is the formula for speed?

a)

D=SxT

b)

D=S/T

c)

S=D/T

d)

T=D/S

35.

What is the formula for time?

a)

D=SxT

b)

D=S/T

c)

S=D/T

d)

T=D/S

36.

How does mass affect inertia?

a)

The more mass the less inertia

b)

The less mass the more inertia

c)

The more mass the more inertia

37.

How does mass affect acceleration?

a)

The more mass the less acceleration

b)

The more mass the more acceleration

c)

The less mass the less acceleration

38.

What unit are forces measured in?

a)

Newtons

b)

Inches

c)

m/s

d)

seconds