WorksheetsForce & Motion Physics Quiz
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 58mins
Reese and Aveya are playing a game of tug-of-war. What term describes the push or pull they exert on the rope that can change its motion?
Velocity
Gravity
Force
Inertia
When Lincoln is walking from his house to the park, what changes?
Position
Gravity
Mass
Force
Lincoln and Sam are playing with a toy car. They notice that the toy car keeps moving across the floor until it hits a wall or is stopped by a/an _______ force.
Balanced
Outside
Inertia
Push
Maddox and Jolie are playing with a ball in the park. Maddox places the ball on the ground, and it stays there until Jolie kicks it. Which of Newton's laws explains why the ball stays at rest until acted upon by Jolie's kick?
First Law of Motion
Second Law of Motion
Third Law of Motion
Law of Universal Gravitation
When Margaret pushes a book across the table, the book pushes back with an equal and _______ force.
Same
Unbalanced
Opposite
Magnetic
Reese and Jaxon are playing catch. When Reese throws the ball to Jaxon, which law of motion describes the action of the ball moving towards Jaxon and the force Reese feels in her hand?
First Law of Motion
Second Law of Motion
Third Law of Motion
Gravity
Hudson and Jolie are comparing their science project materials. Hudson asks, "What is the term for the amount of matter in an object?"
Velocity
Gravity
Weight
Mass
When a greater force is applied to an object, what increases faster?
Acceleration
Mass
Friction
Volume
Clayton and Zoey are pushing a car that has run out of gas. Clayton notices that the heavier the car, the harder it is to push and the slower it accelerates. Which law of motion explains the relationship between the car's mass, its acceleration, and the applied force?
First Law of Motion
Second Law of Motion
Third Law of Motion
Law of Universal Gravitation
Jolie and Isaiah are running a race. Jolie says that velocity is the speed and _______ of an object. What is the missing word?
Weight
Gravity
Mass
Direction
During a science fair, Clayton and Lexi were discussing who is credited with discovering the laws of motion and gravity. Who did they conclude was responsible for this discovery?
Albert Einstein
Galileo Galilei
Sir Isaac Newton
Nikola Tesla
When Riley pushes against a wall, according to Newton's Third Law of Motion, the wall pushes back with an equal and opposite force. (T/F)
True
False
Michael and Millie are playing tug-of-war. Is the action of pulling the rope a type of force?
Yes
No
Lucy and Brett are comparing their weights on Earth and the moon. Lucy says, "Our weight is the same on the moon as it is on Earth."
True
False
Margaret and Palmer are playing catch with a bowling ball and a baseball. They notice that a different amount of force is required to throw each ball.
True
False
Millie and Isaiah are in a car that suddenly stops, and they both lurch forward. What Newton's law does this scenario represent?
Newtons 2nd law
Law of gravity
Newtons 1st law
Newtons 5th law
Hudson is riding his bike and wants to know if his velocity is speed with __________________________.
a unicycle helmet
direction
fight
Isaiah, Jaxon, Rylee, and Zoey take turns pushing a large, heavy ball on the school parking lot. What is the best way to determine which student used the most force to push the ball?
compare the sizes of the students
compare the ages of the students
compare the distances that the ball rolled
compare the number of times the ball was rolled
Margaret and Clayton were discussing what would happen if there was no gravity. Without gravity we would________.
Float away
Stay in the ground
Nothing would happen.
I don't know
Clayton and Ian are pushing a heavy box across the floor. What is the effect of friction on the motion of the box?
It speeds them up
It slows them down
It changes their direction
It has no effect
Zoey and Merrick are playing with a toy car on a smooth, flat surface. Without friction, the toy car in motion would never stop.
true
false
Lexi is riding her bicycle down a hill. She will continue to move unless acted upon by a/an outside force. (T/F)
True
False
Merrick and Damon are pushing a heavy box across the floor. What is the term for the resistance that the box encounters as it moves over the floor?
Friction
Gravity
Velocity
Inertia
Which of the following is an example of Newton's First Law of Motion?
A rocket launching
A ball being thrown
A car accelerating
A book resting on a table
