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Forces review

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A type of force that acts when two surfaces rub together

a)

Push

b)

Pull

c)

Friction

d)

Force

2.

Rough surfaces have less friction

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Smooth surfaces have less friction

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What will cause a ball rolling on the ground to slow down?

a)

Push forces

b)

Friction

c)

Newton

d)

Pull forces

5.
Which of the following is an example of friction that is helpful?
a)
Brakes used on a bike
b)
Tires from a car on the road
c)
Tread on the bottom of your shoes
d)
All are examples that are helpful
6.

What is POTENTIAL energy?

a)

Energy that is stored, waiting to be used

b)

Energy that is in motion, being used

c)

Energy that is transformed, in motion

d)

Energy that is destroyed

7.
Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 
a)
Potential 
b)
Energy
c)
Kinetic
d)
Friction
8.

Which of the following is an example of KINETIC energy?

a)

A football thrown and released into the air

b)

A rubber band being stretched and held

c)

A book sitting on a shelf

d)

A child sitting at the top of a slide

9.

Which of the following is an example of POTENTIAL energy?

a)

A dog running down the street

b)

An airplane flying in the sky

c)

A bowling ball rolling down the bowling land

d)

A rubber band being stretched and held

10.
What do you call a change in an object's position?
a)
Force
b)
Motion
c)
Gravity
d)
Speed
11.

A push or pull on an object.

a)

motion

b)

gravity

c)

force

12.

Which picture does not show motion?

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.
If these boys are pulling with the same amount of force.  What will happen?
a)
The boy in blue will win.
b)
They will not move at all.
c)
The boy in red will win.
d)
Both will fall down.
14.
If an object is stationary (not moving) the forces acting upon it are _____________
a)
unbalanced
b)
weak
c)
balanced
d)
Hulk Smash!
15.
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."
a)
Newton's 1st Law
b)
Newton's 2nd Law
c)
Newton's 3rd Law
d)
Newton's 4th Law
16.

Whats Newtons First Law?

a)

The more force applied to an object the faster it will accelerate.

b)

An object in motion will stay in motion and an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted by an outside force.

c)

for every ection there is an equal and oposite reaction

17.

Which Law of Motion is this?

a)

Newton’s first law: the law of inertia

b)

Newton’s second law: F = ma

c)

Newton’s third law: the law of action and reaction

18.

A small child is pulling a wagon to the left, at a constant speed. Check all the forces that are acting on the wagon.

a)

Gravity

b)

Normal Force

c)

Applied Force

d)

Friction

19.

The hockey puck is sliding across perfectly smooth ice, at a constant speed. Check all the forces that are acting on it.

a)

Gravity

b)

Normal Force

c)

Applied Force

d)

Friction

20.

A contact force is from

a)

objects physically touching

b)

far apart objects

c)

not touching object

d)

always a pull

21.

The three examples pictured are of

a)

Non-contact Forces

b)

Contact Forces

22.
When Izzy and Zoe pull on the rope with the same amount of force, the forces are ________.
a)
increased
b)
unbalanced
c)
balanced
d)
decreased
23.

When an object continues to move in the same direction at the same speed, we consider to the object to have:

a)

balanced forces

b)

unbalanced forces