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Force Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Force?

a)

Star Wars powers

b)

Energy

c)

A force is any push or pull that causes

an object to move

d)

Magic

2.

What is a pushing force

a)

When something slides

b)

When we move an object away from us

c)

When we move an object closer to us

d)

When an object falls down

3.

What is a PULLING force ?.

a)

when we move an object closer

to us

b)

When we jump up or down

c)

When you move an object away from us

d)

When an object stays still

4.

What is friction

a)

Rolling

b)

Slipping

c)

a force that makes it harder to slide objects across each

other. 

d)

Floating

5.

What is an applied force?

a)

A force exerted by magnets only

b)

A force that opposes motion

c)

A force that is applied by one object unto another object

d)

An attraction between two objects

6.

An applied force causes an object to move

a)

in the same direction

b)

in the opposite direction as the force

c)

perpendicular to the direction of the force

d)

back and forth across the direction of the force

7.

True or False: Only one applied force can act on an object at any given time.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

An applied force can cause an object to slow down.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

An object that is being pushed will go the same direction as when it is pulled.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What force is required to kick a ball?

a)

Push it

b)

Pull it

c)

Both push and pull

d)

No force is required

11.

What force causes a pencil to fall on the ground?

a)

Friction

b)

Normal force

c)

Tension

d)

Gravity

12.

What force causes a pin to be attracted to a magnet?

a)

Friction

b)

Normal force

c)

Tension

d)

Magnetic force

13.

What type of force is exerted when you push a car?

a)

Contact force

b)

Non-contact force

c)

Both contact and non-contact forces

d)

No force is exerted

14.

What type of force is exerted when a leaf falls from a tree?

a)

Contact force

b)

Non-contact force

c)

Both contact and non-contact forces

d)

No force is exerted

15.

Spring force is

a)

When a compressed or stretched

spring on an object is released

b)

When an object swings back and forth

c)

When an object slides

d)

When an object stays still

16.

What happens to the spring force if it is stretched or compressed more?

a)

The spring force increases.

b)

The spring force decreases.

c)

The spring force is the same.

d)

Nothing.

17.

This is an example of what force?

a)

pull

b)

push

c)

gravity

18.
When we pour sand on an icy road, what force are we increasing to help cars stay on the road?
a)
electricity
b)
magnetism
c)
friction
d)
gravity
19.

Check all of the forces of a boy being pulled by a dog on a leash.

a)

Tension force

b)

Friction

c)

Spring Force

20.

What type of force is this ?

a)

Spring force

b)

Tension

c)

Gravity

d)

Magnetic