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Forces

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a force?
a)
a push or pull
b)
speed or acceleration 
c)
potential or kinetic energy
d)
balanced or unbalanced force
2.
What is the force that causes everything to be pulled down to the Earth?
a)
friction
b)
gravity
c)
balanced
d)
unbalanced
3.
Force is measured in....
a)
Galileos 
b)
Newtons
c)
Di Vincis
d)
Einsteins 
4.
Why is it harder for the boy in Image B to get down the hill?
a)
Motion
b)
Friction
c)
Work
d)
Displacement
5.

Some students wanted to find out if a tennis ball and a baseball dropped from the same height hit the ground at the same time. This investigation tests the effect of which of the following?

a)

wind

b)

friction

c)

gravity

d)

magnetism

6.
Edward kicks a soccer ball across the backfield. What force works to slow the ball down?
a)
pushes and pulls
b)
friction
c)
magnetism
d)
gravitation
7.
How does friction help us move from place to place?
a)
Friction does not help us.
b)
Friction keeps us from slipping and sliding.
c)
Friction only helps cats.
d)
Friction makes us slip and fall.
8.

What is Friction ?

a)

The distance an object travels per unit of time

b)

Speed in a given direction

c)

Force that opposes motion

d)

Force that pulls objects towards each other

9.
What force brings the pencil down?
a)
Applied
b)
Magnetic
c)
Normal
d)
Gravitational
10.

Friction slows down or stops moving objects.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What makes car's tire worn out?

a)

Friction between the tire and car engine.

b)

Friction between the tire and the road.

c)

Friction between the tire and air.

12.

Which of these can reduce (decrease) friction?

a)

making the surface more rough

b)

adding oil on the surface

c)

putting rubber on the surface

13.

Rough surface create ....... friction

a)

less

b)

more

c)

same

14.

Smooth surface create ............. friction

a)

less

b)

same

c)

more

15.

A soccer shoe sole is designed with spikes to create

a)

same friction

b)

less fricction

c)

more friction

16.

A ballet shoe sole is designed with much smoother surface to create

a)

more friction

b)

same friction

c)

less friction

17.

Which two of these forces act on parachutes?

a)

Air Resistance

b)

Gravity

c)

Thrust

d)

Kinetic Energy

18.

What causes an object to fall faster?

a)

Smaller surface area

b)

Larger surface area

c)

If it has a parachute

d)

If it is softer

19.

Another name for air resistance is...

a)

Buoyancy

b)

Streamline

c)

Gravity

d)

Drag

20.

The larger the surface area of the moving object, the ___________ air resistance there is.

a)

Less

b)

More

c)

Longer

d)

Quicker

21.

Air resistance pushes against falling

objects and __________________.

a)

Speeds them up

b)

Keeps them afloat

c)

Slows them down

d)

Spins them

22.

The larger the parachute the ____________

a)

Less air resistance

b)

More surface tension

c)

Less drag

d)

More drag

23.

Air resistance is a force caused by...

a)

Water pushing against moving objects

b)

Air pushing against moving objects

c)

Gravity pushing against moving objects

d)

Normal force pushing against moving objects

24.

The more streamlined an object is, the...

a)

More air resistance

b)

Less air resistance

c)

Slower air resistance

d)

Faster air resistance

25.
Friction is a force that acts in an ___________ direction of movement.
a)
similar
b)
opposite
c)
parallel
d)
west