WorksheetsForce and Momentum Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the laws of motion states, "To every action there is an equal but opposite reaction"?
a)
Newton's 1st Law
b)
Newton's 2nd Law
c)
Newton's 3rd Law
d)
Law of Conservation of Momentum
2.
Which of the following factors does NOT affect air resistance?
a)
speed
b)
spin
c)
size
d)
shape
3.
Momentum describes
a)
How much force is needed to change an object's motion
b)
How much velocity changes in a given amount of time
c)
The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion
d)
The balanced forces on a falling object with a constant speed
4.
Which of the following items has the MOST inertia?
a)
a pencil
b)
your textbook
c)
a water bottle
d)
the teacher
5.
Carl and Juan are playing catch. Carl throws a fastball to Juan and it hurts Juan's hand. Why is this the case?
a)
Greater the acceleration, greater the force
b)
Greater the mass, greater the acceleration
c)
Greater the acceleration, the less the force
d)
Greater the mass, the less the force
6.
A person is on a paddleboard. The person exerts a force on the water with the paddle, causing the water to move. The paddleboard also moves, but in the opposite direction. Which statement best explains why this happens?
a)
Inertia
b)
Action and reaction forces
c)
Newton's 2nd Law
d)
Law of Conservation of Momentum
7.
Consider a watermelon that starts from rest and drops straight down from a tall building. Air resistance can be ignored. Which statement about the watermelon's motion is FALSE?
a)
The watermelon falls at a constant velocity
b)
The watermelon has a positive acceleration
c)
The watermelon's acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s/s
d)
The watermelon speeds up as it falls
8.
What is the weight (in Newtons) of a person with a mass of 95 kg?
a)
9.7 N
b)
95 N
c)
104.8 N
d)
931 N
9.
An object has 16 N of force being applied to the right, 16 N of force being applied to the left, and 4 N of force being applied downward. What is the net force on the object?
a)
36 N
b)
4 N downward
c)
32 N
d)
16 N to the left
10.
A 700 kg car is driving with an acceleration of 5 m/s/s down the interstate. What is the force required to accelerate the car?
a)
3,500 N
b)
650 N
c)
14 N
d)
0.071 N
11.
A 98 kg man is accelerating forward at a rate of 1.2 m/s/s. What is the unbalanced FORCE necessary to produce this movement?
a)
81.67 N
b)
117.6 N
c)
0.012 N
d)
1.2 N
12.
Parallel forces
a)
act on different objects in the same direction
b)
act on the same object in different directions
c)
act on the same object in the same direction
d)
act on different objects in different directions
13.
Opposing forces
a)
act on different objects in the same direction
b)
act on the same object in different directions
c)
act on the same object in the same direction
d)
act on different objects in different directions
14.
Balanced forces
a)
cause an object to have no motion
b)
cause no net change in the motion of an object
c)
cause an object to have a change in its motion
d)
act on different objects in different directions
15.
Unbalanced forces
a)
always cause an object to have no motion
b)
cause no net change in the motion of an object
c)
cause an object to have a change in its motion
d)
act on the same object in different directions
16.
A concept that could be an example of the behavior of balanced forces would be...
a)
terminal velocity
b)
initial velocity
c)
friction coefficient
d)
projectile motion
17.
Objects at rest will remain at rest and objects in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by...
a)
balanced forces
b)
unbalanced forces
c)
Mr. T
d)
teenage angst
18.
The forces acting on a ball and a bat during a hit in baseball...
a)
are both balanced and unbalanced.
b)
are parallel.
c)
are complementary.
d)
are equal to each other.
19.
If an astronaut pushes on the space shuttle in outer space, the SHUTTLE will experience...
a)
no change in acceleration.
b)
a large amount of acceleration.
c)
an equal amount of acceleration as the astronaut.
d)
an extremely small amount of acceleration.
20.
If an astronaut pushes on the space shuttle in outer space, the ASTRONAUT will experience...
a)
no change in acceleration.
b)
a large amount of acceleration.
c)
an equal amount of acceleration as the shuttle.
d)
an extremely small amount of acceleration.
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