Forces and Interactions Quiz

You drop a quarter. As the quarter falls, it is experiencing...

• a push

• a pull

• magnetism

• a balanced force

You place a 5-gram weight on one side of a balance. Which object could be added to the other side to balance the beam?

• several paper clips

• a gallon of water

• an inflated balloon

• the beam is already balanced

An object is in motion. A push force acts upon the moving object. Choose the most likely effect:

• the object's forces become balanced

• the object changes direction

• the object stops

• the object experiences electric forces

A bus at a stop

• balanced

• unbalanced

A bicycle riding downhill

• balanced

• unbalanced

A racecar moving around the track

• balanced

• unbalanced

A truck being pushed with 20 N and pulled with 20 N

• balanced

• unbalanced