Forces Quiz

Gravity is a force that can act on an object without touching the object

• True

• False

A change in an object's position or motion is always caused by a/an.....

• gravity

• acceleration

• force

• velocity

What is the force that pulls all objects toward the center of the Earth?

• unbalanced force

• balanced force

• motion

• gravity

What is the force that resists motion between two objects that are touching?

• gravity

• friction

• motion

• unbalanced force

The change in an object's position is called...

• action

• force

• motion

• friction

The amount of matter an object has is known as....

• inertia

• friction

• gravity

• mass

Another word for motion is...

• monument

• movement

• momentum

• mass

Stored energy is also called...

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• instant energy

• inertia

The measurement of how far an object moves in a certain amount of time is called....

• speed

• Newton's First Law

• gravity

• action

Another way that force can cause the change in an object's motion is to...

• change its color.

• change its pitch.

• change its direction.

• change its spots.