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Quiz on Different Types of Forces

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a static load?

a)

A load that increases with speed

b)

A load that remains constant when a person is still

c)

A load that decreases with height

d)

A load that changes when a person moves

2.

What happens to the load when a person starts walking?

a)

It becomes a compression load

b)

It becomes a tension load

c)

It becomes a dynamic load

d)

It becomes a static load

3.

What is internal resistance?

a)

The force that pulls a rope

b)

The pressure inside a tire pushing back against weight

c)

The force that compresses a weightlifter

d)

The twisting of a plastic ruler

4.

What is tension?

a)

The force that twists steel

b)

The force that shears a pin

c)

The force that stretches a rope

d)

The force that compresses a body

5.

What is an example of compression?

a)

A rope being pulled

b)

A twisted plastic ruler

c)

A weightlifter holding weights above his head

d)

A person standing still

6.

What is shear force?

a)

The force that stretches a rope

b)

The force applied in different directions on a pin

c)

The force that compresses a body

d)

The force that twists steel

7.

What happens to screws when shear force is too much?

a)

They stretch

b)

They compress

c)

Their heads shear away

d)

They twist

8.

What is torsion?

a)

The force that compresses a body

b)

The force that stretches a rope

c)

The pressure inside a tire

d)

The twisting of a plastic ruler

9.

What happens to steel when heated to 'red' heat?

a)

It stretches

b)

It shears

c)

It compresses

d)

It can be twisted

10.

Which force is involved when two people pull on a rope?

a)

Torsion

b)

Shear

c)

Tension

d)

Compression

11.

What force is experienced by a weightlifter's body?

a)

Shear

b)

Torsion

c)

Tension

d)

Compression

12.

What force is applied by tinsnips?

a)

Compression

b)

Tension

c)

Torsion

d)

Shear

13.

What force is created when a plastic ruler is twisted?

a)

Shear

b)

Torsion

c)

Compression

d)

Tension

14.

What happens to a shelf when shear force is too much?

a)

It stretches

b)

It compresses

c)

It falls to the floor

d)

It twists

15.

What is an example of a dynamic load?

a)

A compressed weightlifter

b)

A person walking

c)

A person standing still

d)

A twisted ruler