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WorksheetsPhysics Forces and Diagrams
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 24mins
Which of the following forces is NOT at work when a crane's cable snaps and a beam crashes down on construction trucks?
Gravitational force pulling the beam downward.
Tension force in the cable before it snaps.
Magnetic force between the beam and the trucks.
Impact force when the beam hits the trucks.
Which of the following forces would be present in a free body diagram of a roller skater accelerating to the right toward a dog?
Gravitational force downward
Normal force upward
Frictional force to the left
Applied force to the right
Which of the following situations could be represented by this free body diagram? Label the force vectors appropriately.
A book being pushed on a table with gravitational and normal forces.
A car accelerating on a flat road with friction and engine forces.
A pendulum swinging with tension and gravitational forces.
A satellite orbiting Earth with gravitational and centripetal forces.
Calculate the weight of a 995 kg car in Newtons.
9,750 N
9,850 N
9,950 N
10,050 N
If the weight of a 55.0 kg astronaut on Pluto is 34.0 N, what is the strength of gravity on that planet?
0.62 m/s²
0.55 m/s²
0.68 m/s²
0.50 m/s²
A space shuttle has a weight of 4,500,000 pounds on Earth, what is its mass? (don’t forget to convert to newtons first!)
204,117 kg
450,000 kg
2,041,170 kg
45,000 kg
The measurement of the force of gravity on an object.
(a)
The unit of force commonly used in the U.S.
(a)
The force that acts between positive and negative charges.
(a)
The metric unit of force.
(a)
The support force that is exerted upon an object that is in contact with another stable object.
(a)
The force that causes some types of radioactivity.
(a)
The force that is transmitted through a string, cable or wire when it is pulled tight by forces acting from opposite ends.
(a)
The force that holds the nucleus of an atom together.
(a)
The force that causes all masses to attract each other.
(a)
Objects that move in water or other liquids create this type of friction.
(a)
A diagram used to show the relative magnitude and direction of all forces acting upon an object in a given situation.
(a)
Type of friction that keeps an object at rest from moving.
(a)
What type of force was at work in the parachute?
elastic spring force
frictional force (air resistance)
magnetic force
gravitational force
Force exerted to an object by a person or another object
Applied force
Gravity
Normal force
