Forces Quiz

Students conducted an investigation in which they rolled a bicycle wheel on different ground surfaces. What is a testable question that the students could be investigating?

• How does friction of ground surfaces affect how a bicycle wheel rolls? 

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  How does the size of a bicycle wheel affect how it is rolled on different ground surfaces? 

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  How does gravity affect how a bicycle wheel rolls? 

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  How do different types of bicycle wheels affect how they roll on different ground surfaces? 

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Students are investigating and observing the “domino effect.” They set dominoes up in an intricate design and then push one domino at the end of the design. What will students observe in this investigation?

• The domino that is pushed will fall over because of the force of gravity, leaving the other dominoes to remain standing. 

• The domino that is pushed will fall over because of the force of friction, knocking into other dominoes and pushing them down. 

• The domino that is pushed will fall over because of the force of gravity, knocking into other dominoes and causing gravity to pull them down one after the other. 

• The domino that is pushed will fall over because of the force of magnetism, leaving the other dominoes to remain standing. 

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Which type of force will not change the motion of an object?​​​​​​​

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• Gravitational forces

• Unequal forces

• Magnetic forces

• Equal forces

Two students want to move a cart full of bricks. Which actions will make moving the cart in one direction the easiest for the students?

• Student 1 pushes the cart to the right, and student 2 pulls the cart to the right.

• Student 1 pulls the cart to the left, and student 2 pulls the cart to the right.

• Student 1 pushes the cart to the right, and student 2 pushes the cart to the left.

• Student 1 pulls the cart to the left, and student 2 pushes the cart downward.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Which term best describes the forces acting on the box shown?

• Unequal

• Gravity

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  Equal

• Unbalanced

Describe the motion of the box shown based on the forces that are being applied to it.

• The box will move toward the right.

• The box will move toward the left.

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  The box will not move at all.

• The box will move down toward Earth.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A tennis player just hit the ball with their racquet. Select the two statements that are true.

• The player applied equal force, which caused a change in the pattern of motion.

• The player applied unequal force, which caused a change in the pattern of motion.

• The player applied equal force, which caused a transfer of energy.

• The player applied unequal force, which caused a transfer of energy.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

They change patterns of motion.

Objects speed up, slow down, or change direction.

• Equal Forces

• Unequal Forces

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Forces are balanced.

Objects do not change their motion.

• Equal Forces

• Unequal Forces

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NGSS.HS-PS2-2