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PRETEST: Motion, Forces, Work, Energy & Heat

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_______________ is a change in velocity.

a)

Speed

b)

Acceleration

c)

Distance

d)

Force

2.

If you double the amount of ___________ , the amount of acceleration doubles.

a)

speed

b)

acceleration

c)

force

d)

distance

3.

An ice skater can glide because there is very little ___________ between the ice skates and the ice.

a)

friction

b)

net force

c)

acceleration

d)

velocity

4.

The closer two objects are to each other, the stronger the ___________ between them.

a)

gravitational force

b)

air resistance

c)

magnetic force

d)

gravitational pull

5.

As gravity pulls a book on a table _________, the table exerts an equal and opposite force on the book.

a)

downward

b)

upward

c)

gravitational force

d)

moves

6.

All the forces acting on an object make up _______________.

a)

net force

b)

acceleration

c)

mass force

d)

friction force

7.

Gravity depends on __________ and distance.

a)

mass

b)

friction

c)

time

d)

speed

8.

Speed depends on _________ and distance.

a)

mass

b)

time

c)

acceleration

d)

force

9.

___________ is the ability to do work.

a)

Energy

b)

Force

c)

Work

d)

Moving

10.

_____________ energy is stored.

a)

Kinetic

b)

Potential

c)

Work

d)

Movement

11.

Kinetic energy is the energy a moving object has because it __________.

a)

has mass

b)

is moving

c)

has gravitational pull

d)

movement

12.

Most things people use are ___________ machines.

a)

simple

b)

compound

c)

potential

d)

kinetic

13.

______________ is done when force causes a change in the motion of an object in the direction of the applied force.

a)

work

b)

kinetic

c)

movement

d)

energy

14.

If you apply a large force to something but it does not ___________ no work has been done.

a)

work

b)

move

c)

change

d)

compound

15.

When a rubber band is stretched, it has _____________.

a)

potential energy

b)

kinetic energy

c)

changing energy

d)

movement energy

16.

The law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be _____________ or __________.

a)

created, destroyed

b)

saved, used

c)

high, low

d)

expanded, heated

17.

Absolute zero is the temperature at which energy cannot get any ___________.

a)

lower

b)

higher

c)

colder

d)

hotter

18.

Wrapping your hands around a cup of hot cocoa is an example of heating by___________.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

the cup being hot

19.

Atoms and molecules in a substance are always____________.

a)

moving

b)

still

c)

hot

d)

cold

20.

Particles in a gas have a __________ amount of kinetic energy.

a)

high

b)

low

c)

heated

d)

cooled

21.

As a liquid or gas is heated, ___________ and rises.

a)

expands

b)

moves

c)

warms up

d)

high