Inertia

Inertia

5th - 9th Grade

10 Qs

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Inertia

Inertia

Assessment

Quiz

Science, Social Studies, Physics

5th - 9th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-PS2-2, MS-PS2-1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Manisha Sharma

Used 2+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 12 pts

Suppose that an astronaut throws a baseball in outer space at a location far from significant influences of gravity and air resistance. One would expect that the baseball would ____.

eventually stop since all objects ultimately "lose their steam"

eventually stop as its inertia slowly becomes used up

continue in motion with the same speed and direction

either a, b, or c -- depending on whether the astronaut continues to push it

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 12 pts

Media Image

List the objects in order from least to greatest inertia.

CDBA

ABCD

BCDA

CBAD

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 12 pts

Media Image

Mr. S guides a golf ball around the outside rim of the green at the Hole-In-One Putt-Putt Golf Course. When the ball leaves the rim, which path (J, K, or I) will the golf ball follow?

J

K

I

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 12 pts

Mac and Tosh are arguing in the cafeteria. Mac says that if he flings the jello with a greater speed it will have a greater inertia. Tosh argues that inertia does NOT depend upon speed, but rather upon mass. Who is correct?

Mac

Tosh

Neither

Both

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 12 pts

An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by a(n) ____________________.

unbalanced force

inertia

mass

balanced force

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 12 pts

More mass = More inertia

True

False

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
A bowling ball is rolled with a certain speed and strikes a bowling pin with a force indicated by the arrow in this illustration. When the bowling ball strikes the bowling pin, the force applied by the pin to the ball -
depends on the mass of the bowling pin.
is equal to the force applied by the ball.
must be zero, since the pin is not moving.
is equal to the force of gravity on both.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

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