WorksheetsForce and Motion
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Brian and Emily are testing different paper airplane designs to see which will allow a plane to travel the farthest distance. Emily folds her plane and attaches a paperclip to the front of it. After she throws the plane, it travels about fifty feet and then falls to the ground. Why does the plane eventually fall to the ground? (SC.5.P.13.1)
A. The force of air resistance stops acting on the plane.
B. The plane was not designed to carry a load like the paperclip.
C. The force of gravity is greater than the forces keeping the plane in the air.
D. The paperclip creates a magnetic force that attracts the plane to the ground.
Julio and Tammy are moving a dresser. They are arguing about which direction to move it. Julio is pushing the dresser with a force of 5 Newtons towards Tammy. Tammy is pushing the dresser towards Julio with a force of 10 Newtons. What happens to the dresser due to the forces applied? (SC.5.P.13.2)
A. The dresser does not move.
B. The dresser moves towards Julio.
C. The dresser moves towards Tammy.
D. The dresser moves towards Tammy, then back towards Julio.
Some mornings Marcie rides in her mother's car to school, and other mornings she rides in her father's car. Marcie noticed that when she rides in her mother's car, it takes less time to travel the same distance as when she is in her father's car. Based on the information above, which of the following statements is true? (SC.5.P.13.2)
A. Her mother's car is traveling at a greater speed than her father's car.
B. Her father's car is traveling at a greater speed than her mother's car.
C. Both cars are traveling at the same speed since they travel the same distance.
D. Both cars accelerate at the same rate, but her mother's car has a greater mass.
Magnets have a north and south pole. What happens if you try to touch the north and south ends of two magnets together? (SC.5.P.13.1)
A. The north and south poles will repel each other.
B. The north and south poles will be attracted to each other.
C. The north and south poles will neither attract nor repel each other.
D. The north and south poles will create gravity and attract other objects.
Look at the picture of the water fountain. Which statement about the picture best describes the effect of gravity? (SC.5.P.13.1)
A. On a hot day, the grass around the fountain becomes very warm.
B. The water moves into the air.
C. The sun warms the water in the fountain.
D. The water that moves into the air falls back to the fountain.
Peter is playing tug of war with Michael. They both understand that to win the game of tug of war, one player must pull the flag over their opponent's line, but during this game, the flag tied to the center of the rope is not moving. What is happening to the rope in this example? (SC.5.P.13.2)
A. Peter is applying more force in one direction.
B. Michael is applying more force in one direction.
C. Peter and Michael are applying equal forces in the same direction.
D. Peter and Michael are applying equal forces in opposite directions.
Which object will move the farthest with 5 newtons (N) of force? (SC.5.P.13.2)
A. a paper clip
B. a stapler
C. a notebook
D. a computer
Tameika's mom parked their car on the road. Tameika ran from the car to the house. Which statement is true about Tameika's movement? (SC.5.P.13.2)
A. Tameika changed direction but did not change position.
B. Tameika's speed was the same throughout the movement.
C. Tameika changed position and may have changed direction.
D. Tameika's position was the same throughout the movement.
Noah is playing with a soccer ball at the top of a hill. Noah kicks the ball and it rolls down the hill. Which of the following best describes what happens as the ball rolls? (SC.5.P.13.1)
A. The force of gravity pulls the ball downhill.
B. The force of friction causes the ball to roll faster down the hill.
C. The force of gravity is balanced by air resistance acting on the ball.
D. The force of friction is greater than the force of gravity acting on the ball.
Ruben slides a book across the floor. Eventually, the book will stop moving. What force causes the book to come to rest? (SC.5.P.13.1)
A. gravity
B. friction
C. Ruben's push
D. air resistance
Mrs. Seaver has a poster of the solar system hanging in her classroom. Why is the poster not falling to the ground? (SC.5.P.13.2)
A. There are no forces acting on the poster.
B. The forces acting on the poster are balanced.
C. The forces acting on the poster are unbalanced.
D. The force of gravity is stronger than the force of friction.
Julie wanted to find out which of her toy cars, the Corvette or the Mustang, would roll downhill faster. She made a ramp by putting several books under one end of a board so that the board was slanted. Which statement below describes the best way to perform her experiment? (SC.5.N.2.2)
A. Roll each car down the ramp separately three times and estimate which car looked faster.
B. both cars down the ramp together one time and see which one gets to the bottom first
C. Roll each car down the ramp separately one time, and time them with the second hand on the clock.
D. Roll both cars down the ramp together three times and record which car gets to the bottom first each time.
Sofia pushes with equal force on two objects. Object 1 has twice as much mass as Object 2. Which of the following statements is true? (SC.5.P.13.2)
A. Both objects will remain still.
B. Object 1 will move faster than object 2.
C. Object 2 will move faster than object 1.
D. Both objects will move at the same rate.
Garrett balanced his straw on the top of his drinking glass. Which of the following is true? (SC.5.P.13.2)
A. The straw must be magnetically attracted to the glass.
B. The straw must fall off the glass eventually, due to gravity.
C. If the straw falls off the glass, this means another force was applied.
D. If no outside force is applied to the straw or glass, then the straw will fall down.
David and Angelo were moving a bookshelf across the carpet in their classroom. Even though they pushed as hard as they could, the bookshelf would only move a few centimeters at a time. Which of the following best explains what happened as they tried to push the bookshelf? (SC.5.P.13.1)
A. The force of gravity opposed the motion of the bookshelf.
B. The force of friction opposed the motion of the bookshelf.
C. When they tried to push the bookshelf, air resistance acted against them.
D. When they pushed the bookshelf, the bookshelf pushed back with an equal and opposite force.
The space shuttle has a fuel tank and two rocket boosters. The rocket boosters give off a blast of hot gases. This blast helps launch the shuttle. The figure below shows the rocket boosters during a launch. Why are rocket boosters needed to send the shuttle into space? (SC.5.P.13.1)
A. They give off sound and heat energy.
B. They carry equipment inside of them.
C. They make the shuttle weigh less during a launch.
D. They produce enough force to overcome Earth's gravity.
After carrying out a scientific investigation, Dr. Jones thinks she has just discovered new information about gravity. How should she best communicate her findings with other scientists? (SC.5.N.2.2)
A. Post her discovery on the internet as fact.
B. Try to find new information on another topic.
C. Publish her discovery for other scientists to test.
D. Call her friends and tell them about the discovery.
While on a camping trip, Cassie and Katie are traveling in a boat on a river. On their trip, the river's current carries them along at a speed of 5 meters per second (m/s). They do not need to row because the current is carrying them in the direction they need to go. If no other forces are acting on the boat, which of these statements describes the motion of the boat as it travels? (SC.5.P.13.1)
A. It changes position.
B. It slows down.
C. It speeds up.
D. It changes direction.
Jamal is testing paper airplanes to see which design makes a plane fly farther. Jamal's first design has straight wings and his second design has bent wings. He threw his planes with the same amount of force. For each trial, he threw from the same location in the same direction. He did this six times for each plane, measuring how far each plane went from the starting line in meters. He decided that his second design with bent wings would travel further. (SC.5.N.2.2)
What should he do next to see if his results are valid?
A. He should throw planes in different locations.
B. He should throw with his eyes shut each time.
C. He should bend the wings up even more on his plane.
D. He should have other friends replicate the same experiment.
Bar magnets have a north pole (N) and a south pole (S). Latrisha places a bar magnet on three small straws so it can roll. Her setup is shown below. Placing which of the following objects at point X will cause the bar magnet to move away from point X? (SC.5.P.13.1)
A. an iron nail
B. an aluminum can
C. the north end of another bar magnet
D. the south end of another bar magnet
