Force and Motion test review

1. 1.Paula is conducting an investigation to see what happens to bowling pins when they are hit by a car rolling down a ramp. She wants to find out what happens to the bowling pins when the car hits them with different amounts of force.

2. What can Paula do to change the amount of force with which the car hits the bowling pins? 

• 1. She can turn off the lights in the room.

• 1. She can use different colors of cars.

• 1. She can add more bowling pins for the car to hit.

• 1. She can change the angle of the ramp.

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2. 2.Susie had a ball of clay. When Susie pushes her thumb into the clay, what happens to the clay?

• 1. The clay changes temperature.

• 1. The clay changes shape. 

• 1. The clay changes color.

• 1. The clay changes state. 

3.A soccer ball moves toward the foot of a soccer player. What will happen when the soccer ball hits the player’s foot?

• 1. The foot will stop the ball in the air.

• 1. The foot will stick to the ball and change shape.

• 1. The foot will slow the ball’s forward motion.

• 4. The foot will pull the ball forward in the same direction.

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4. 4.Tomas gently pushed a green toy car into a blue toy car. The blue car moved forward 3 cm. Then, he pushed the blue car harder with the green car. 

5. What happened to the blue car when Tomas pushed harder? 

• 1. The blue car moved the same distance in the opposite direction.

• 1. The blue car moved backward.

• 1. The blue car did not move.

• 1. The blue car moved a little farther forward.

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5.Someone rolled a ball toward Nancy. Nancy rolled the ball right back at the same speed. 

How did the ball’s motion change when Nancy touched it?

• 1. Nancy pulled the ball toward her harder, so it moved faster.

• 1. Nancy pushed on the ball with the same force, so it went away from her.

• 1. Nancy did nothing to the ball.

• 1. Nancy looked at the ball. 

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6.Ann pushes car A forward. Ben pushes car B forward with the same strength. What will happen when they hit each other?
Select two correct answers. 

• 1. Car A will turn left. 

• Car A will stop.

• Car B will stop.

• Car B will turn right.

• Car B will turn left.

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7.A student put a toy car at three different spots on a ramp to learn about motion. The student let each car go down the ramp and measured how far it went. Which car moved the farthest?

• 1. All the cars moved the same distance. 

• 1. Car 1 moved the farthest.

• 1. Car 2 moved the farthest.

• 1. Car 3 moved the farthest.

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8.Two cars were rolled on a desk toward each other.

What happened to the yellow car when the gray car collided with it?

• 1. The yellow car stopped and changed shape.

• 1. The yellow car stopped and stayed the same shape. 

• 1. The yellow car kept moving and changed shape.

• 1. The yellow car kept moving and changed shape.

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9. 9.Myra and Oscar are in a store pushing grocery carts. Myra pushes her shopping cart harder than Oscar pushes his.

10. Part A. What will happen to Myra’s cart? 

• 1. Myra’s cart will move slower than Oscar’s.

• 1. Myra’s cart will move at the same speed as Oscar’s.

• 1. Myra’s cart will move faster than Oscar’s.

• 1. Myra’s cart will move backward.

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Part B. Which statement best explains the answer to Part A?

• 1. Myra and Oscar pushed with the same force.

• 1. Myra pushed with less force.

• 1. Myra pushed with more force.

• 1. Oscar pushed with more force.

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