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Motion and Force - Physics

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How will this object move?

a)

It will not move

b)

It will move in both directions

c)

It will move to the right

d)

It will move to the left

2.

How will this object move?

a)

It will not move

b)

It will move in both directions

c)

It will move to the right

d)

It will move to the left

3.

Shadell pushes a box 35 N to the right. Nazai pushes the box 25 N in the same direction. What is the net force?

a)

60 N balanced to the right

b)

10 N balanced to the right

c)

60 N unbalanced to the right

d)

10 N unbalanced to the right

4.

What are unbalanced forces?

a)

forces that are not equal in size and opposite in direction.

b)

forces that are equal in size and opposite in direction.

5.

What are balanced forces?

a)

forces that are not equal in size and are opposite in direction

b)

forces that are equal in size and opposite in direction.

6.

Balanced or Unbalanced

(a)  

7.

What is the net force?

a)

30 N left

b)

25 N right

c)

55 N right

d)

5 N left

8.

Which of the answer choices is not a characteristic of a balanced force?

a)

no change in motion

b)

moving at a constant speed

c)

causes a change in motion

d)

net force of zero

9.

What is the net force of this object?

a)

400 N arrow upward

b)

400 N arrow downward

c)

800 N arrow upward

d)

800 N arrow downward

10.

What is the net force?

a)

0 balanced

b)

900 N balanced right

c)

900 N unbalanced right

d)

0 unbalanced

11.
Which could be an example of an unbalanced force?
a)
A plate sitting on a dining table
b)
A ball at the top of a hill that is not moving
c)
Earth orbiting the Sun 
d)
A baseball that has been thrown to home plate.
12.
What is a force?
a)
the PUSH or PULL on an object 
b)
The MOTION an object creates
c)
The objects HITTING one another
d)
Going REALLY FAST
13.
With unbalanced forces, the object will move in the direction of the _______ force.
a)
larger 
b)
smaller 
c)
equal 
14.
If there are two forces going in the SAME direction, you would ...?
a)
(-) Subtract the forces
b)
(+) Add the forces
c)
Neither
d)
(x) Multiply
15.

If there are two forces going in opposite directions how would you find the net force?

a)

Subtract

b)

Add

c)

Neither

d)

Multiply

16.
What is the net force?
a)
3 N left
b)
3 N right
c)
7 N left
d)
7 N right
17.
You and your dad are moving the couch from one side to another. Your dad pushes with a force of 35 N to the right and you push with a force of 25 N right. What is the net force on the couch?
a)
60 N right
b)
10 N left
c)
60 n right
d)
50 N left
18.
Which one is balanced?
a)
top
b)
bottom
c)
both
19.

If the boy is pulling with a force of 10 N and the girl is pushing with a force 20 N, what is the net force on the box?

a)

10 N

b)

20 N

c)

30 N

d)

0 N

20.
Speed=
a)
T/D
b)
D/T
c)
S x T
d)
D x T
21.
Which is an example of SPEED?
a)
5 SECONDS
b)
2 METERS PER SECOND
c)
4 METERS
d)
1 HOUR
22.
Slowing down is an example of...
a)
Constant speed
b)
Acceleration
23.
a)
Net force is 50N to the right
b)
Net force is 500N to the right
c)
Net force is 50N to the left
d)
Net force is 500N to the left
24.

How fast an object is moving is its...

a)

Velocity

b)

Speed

c)

Vector

d)

Acceleration

25.

Speed = _______________

a)

Distance + time

b)

Distance – time

c)

Distance x time

d)

Distance / time

26.

If an airplane travels 500km in 5 hours, what was its speed?

a)

100 km/hr

b)

2,500 km/hr

c)

0.01 km/hr

d)

495 hm/hr

27.

A boat travels 90km in 10 seconds. What was its speed?

a)

9 km/hr

b)

90 km/hr

c)

1.11 km/hr

d)

80 km/hr

28.

What was the bicyclist's speed if they biked 60 miles in 5 hours?

a)

12 miles/hour

b)

300 miles/hour

c)

55 miles/hour

d)

0.083 miles/hour

29.

Another way to explain the speed and direction of a object would be to describe it’s ________

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Acceleration

30.

The difference between speed and velocity is...

a)

Speed has direction.

b)

Velocity has direction.

c)

They are the same thing.

31.

This occurs when an object speeds up, slows down, or changes direction.

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Acceleration

32.

What is this?

"This airplane is traveling at 500 mph, West"

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Acceleration

33.

What is this?

"This car is speeding up"

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Acceleration

34.

What is this?

"Rocky is running 8mph North"

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Acceleration

35.

What is this?

"The car has to go from 40mph to 60mph when entering the freeway"

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Acceleration

36.

What is this?

"The car is traveling at 150 kilometers per hour"

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Acceleration

37.

A girl on a bike rides down a hill 500 meters long in 50 seconds. What is her speed?

a)

100 m/s

b)

10 m/s

c)

1,000 m/s

d)

10 mph

38.

What is the speed of a jet plane that travels 528 meters in 4 seconds ?

a)

140 m/s

b)

132 mph

c)

142 mph

d)

132 m/s

39.
What is speed?
a)
how far you go
b)
how much distance is covered over a period of time
c)
how fast you accelerate
d)
the change in the location of a object
40.
Which of the following is a unit of distance ?
a)
miles/hr
b)
hr
c)
km
d)
min
41.
Which of the following is a unit of time?
a)
sec
b)
mi
c)
m/s
d)
km
42.
Mr. Rudman drives his race car for 4 hrs at 150 miles/hr. How far will he travel?
a)
600 km
b)
60 miles
c)
6 miles
d)
600 miles
43.
What is the formula to calculate speed?
a)
Speed = time/distance
b)
Speed = distance/time
c)
Speed = distance x time
d)
Speed = time x distance
44.

If a boat travels at 22 km/hr for 10 hrs, what distance will it travel?

a)

220 miles

b)

2.2 km

c)

220 km

d)

22 km

45.

If the man and the ball travels 90 m in 9 seconds, what is their average speed?

a)

10 m/s

b)

180 m/s

c)

99 m/s

d)

10 meters

46.
If you travel 50 km/hr for 2 hours, how far will you get?
a)
25 km
b)
50 km
c)
100 km
d)
200 km
47.
An 8th grade class traveled 110 km and the bus was going 55 km/hr. How long did it take?
a)
0.5 hr
b)
2.0 hr
c)
55 hr
d)
6050 hr
48.

If a lizard can run 8 m across the water in 4 seconds, how fast is he traveling?

a)

32 m/s

b)

2 m/s

c)

2 seconds

d)

34 meters

49.
A unusually fast zombie was chasing after Carl to eat him. What was the zombie’s speed at 6 seconds if he traveled 36 meters?
a)
6 meters/seconds
b)
6 seconds/meters
c)
.17 meters/second
d)
None of the above
50.

A rocket is traveling through the atmosphere at a constant velocity. Which of the following is true?

a)

The rocket's engine is producing an unbalanced force that keeps the rocket in the air.

b)

All of the forces acting on the rocket are balanced.

c)

The rocket exerts a greater force on its exhaust gases than the exhaust gases exert on the rocket.

d)

The rocket is moving, so some net force must be acting on it.

51.

The units for Force are:

a)

Newtons

b)

Joules

c)

m/s

d)

kg

52.
A wheeled cart is moving to the right at a constant speed.  Two forces of equal magnitude are acting upon the cart. Which of the following best describes the forces and motion of the cart?
a)
Balanced Forces, Constant Speed
b)
Balanced Forces, Acceleration
c)
Unbalanced Forces, Constant Speed
d)
Unbalanced Forces, Acceleration
53.

A gymnast on a balance beam doing a backflip

a)

Balanced

b)

Unbalanced

54.

Two ice skaters moving in a straight line at a constant speed

a)

Balanced

b)

Unbalanced

55.
Which could be an example of an unbalanced force?
a)
A plate sitting on a dining table
b)
A ball at the top of a hill that is not moving
c)
Earth orbiting the Sun 
d)
A baseball that has been thrown to home plate.