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CT DYNAMICS

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During a physics experiment, Angga is trying to measure the force applied to a cart. What is the International System of Units (S.I.) unit of force that he should use?

a)

m

b)

N

c)

Pa

d)

J

2.

Rahman is pushing a box across the floor. Which of the following forces acting on the box is NOT a contact force?

a)

Normal reaction force

b)

Frictional force

c)

Gravitational force

d)

Tension

3.

Surya is dropping a ball from the top of a building. What does the downward force represent?

a)

friction

b)

air resistance

c)

weight

4.

The ball is falling. What is the upward force called?

a)

tension

b)

friction

c)

air resistance

5.

What is the resultant force acting on the box?

a)

2.0 N

b)

3.0 N

c)

5.0 N

d)

8.0 N

6.

How will this box move?

a)

The box will move to the right with constant speed.

b)

The box will accelerate to the right.

c)

The box will not move.

7.

What is the resultant force acting on this box?

a)

0 N

b)

3.0 N

c)

6.0 N

8.

Which are the possible motions of the box? (more than 1 answer)

a)

The box will accelerate to the right.

b)

The box will stay at rest.

c)

The box will move at a constant speed.

9.
a)

1.0 kg

b)

2.0 kg

c)

3.0 kg

d)

5.0 kg

10.
a)

0 N

b)

10 N

11.
a)

0 N

b)

5.0 N

c)

20 N

12.

A box of mass 5.0 kg is pulled to the right with a 20 N force.

If the box is accelerating to the right at 3.0 m/s², what is the frictional force acting on the box?

a)

0 N

b)

5.0 N

c)

15 N

d)

20 N

13.

Which one of the following contains the unit for acceleration?

a)

m/s-1

b)

km-2

c)

m/s-2

d)

m/s

14.

A vector quantity has size and direction.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

A scalar quantity has size only.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The acceleration due to gravity is

a)

9.8 ms-2

b)

8.9 ms-1

c)

9.8 ms-1

d)

8.9 ms-1

17.

Which of Newton’s Laws is represented by f=ma?

a)

1st Law

b)

3rd Law

c)

2nd Law

18.

If an object is not moving, the forces acting upon it are _____________

a)

unbalanced

b)

weak

c)

balanced

d)

Hulk Smash!

19.
The sum of all forces acting on an object.
a)
Contact Force
b)
Balanced Force
c)
Unbalanced Force
d)
Net Force
20.
Forces that have a net force of zero 
a)
Balanced force
b)
Unbalanced force
21.
Balanced or unbalanced?
a)
balanced
b)
unbalanced
22.

When you double the force, the acceleration ...

a)

Decreases by 1/2

b)

Doubles

c)

Triples

d)

Decreases by 1/3

23.

Which law does this picture exemplify?

a)

Law of Inertia

b)

Law of Action / Reaction

c)

Law of Force and Acceleration

24.

Which law is this picture an example of?

a)

Law of Inertia

b)

Law of Force and Acceleration

c)

Law of Action / Reaction

25.

What is the SI unit for force?

a)

Meters per second squared

b)

Meters

c)

Newtons

d)

Kilograms

26.

Every time your cat’s paw hits her toy string, it swings away from her. How does this demonstrate Newton’s third law of motion?

a)

Objects with mass, such as your cat's paw and toy string, will require inertia.

b)

Objects in action, such as the string toy, will experience force.

c)

For every motion from your cat's paw, there is unbalanced inertia from the string.

d)

For every action your cat makes, there is an equal and opposite reaction from the string.

27.

A cannonball with a mass of 0.5 kg is flying with an acceleration of 10 m/sec2. What is its force?

a)

50 Newtons

b)

5 Newtons

c)

20 Newtons

d)

9.5 Newtons

28.
Are forces balanced or unbalanced when a marble speeds up rolling down a ramp?
a)
Balanced
b)
Unbalanced
29.

A squirrel sits on the ground and eats a donut. We know the forces on it must be balanced because...

a)

Forces are always balanced

b)

the squirrel is not accelerating

c)

squirrels are projectiles

d)

he's eating a donut

30.

What Newton's law does this picture represent?

a)

Newton's 2nd law 

b)

Law of gravity 

c)

Newton's 1st law

d)

Newton's 5th law

31.
Why is it harder for the boy in Image B to get down the hill?
a)
Motion
b)
Friction
c)
Work
d)
Displacement
32.

How much gravity an object has depends on its _________.

a)

Weight

b)

Speed

c)

Momentum

d)

Mass

33.

The image above describes which law?

a)

Newton's 1st Law

b)

Newton's 2nd Law

c)

Newton's 3rd Law

d)

Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation

34.
The amount of matter in an object is 
a)
pressure
b)
weight
c)
mass
d)
force
35.

If a bowling ball and a feather were dropped at the same time in a room with no air resistance (vacuum), which object will hit the ground first?

a)

Bowling Ball

b)

Feather

c)

Both would hit at the same time

d)

Neither one would hit the ground because air is what pushes things down.

36.

If the weight of a body on the Earth's surface is 600 N, what would be its weight in space?

a)

600 N

b)

less than 600 N

c)

more than 600 N

37.

My weight on the Earth's surface is 500 N. What is my mass?

a)

500 kg

b)

500 g

c)

50 kg

d)

50 g

38.

Wheels on a skateboard most likely experience-

a)

Rolling Friction

b)

Sliding Friction

c)

Fluid Friction

d)

Static Friction

39.

Which type of friction is shown in the picture?

a)

fluid

b)

static

c)

rolling

d)

sliding

40.

What is static friction?

a)

The friction between two objects that are not moving.

b)

Friction between a rolling object and the surface that it is rolling on.

c)

Friction is the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.

d)

The friction of something moving through any type of liquid or air.