Quiz about Everyday Forces

Question 1

What force holds the planets in motion around the sun?

Accepted Answer

Gravitational

Answer

Magnetic

Answer

Electrical

Answer

Air Resistance

Question 2

All objects in the universe have a gravitational attraction to each other.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 3

What force brings the pencil down?

Accepted Answer

Gravitational

Answer

Applied

Answer

Magnetic

Answer

Normal

Question 4

What force ultimately slows the roller coaster to a stop?

Accepted Answer

Friction

Answer

Applied

Answer

Normal

Answer

Magnetic

Question 5

An _______ force must act on an object for it to CHANGE it's motion

Accepted Answer

unbalanced

Answer

balanced

Answer

gravitational

Answer

electrical

Question 6

What is defined as a push or pull?

Accepted Answer

force

Answer

motion

Answer

vector

Answer

speed

Question 7

This type of force resist motion between two surfaces that are pressed together

Accepted Answer

friction

Answer

contact

Answer

gravity

Answer

electromagnetic

Question 8

If all the acting forces is equal to zero, the forces acting on the object are

Accepted Answer

balanced

Answer

unbalanced

Answer

floating

Answer

sinking

Question 9

What is the net force?

Accepted Answer

4000 N left

Answer

5000 N right

Answer

4000 N right

Answer

40 N left

Question 10

If a student has two magnets, how might it be determined which magnet is stronger?

Accepted Answer

Count how many paper clips each magnet can lift.

Answer

Submerge each magnet in a bowl of water.

Answer

Examine each magnet to determine the north pole.

Answer

Measure the length and the mass of both magnets.

Question 11

Students conducted an investigation in which they rolled a soda can down a ramp that was 30 cm high and one that was 40 cm high. Which question were the students most likely trying to answer?

Accepted Answer

How does ramp height affect the distance a soda can rolls?

Answer

How does mass of a soda can affect the distance it will roll?

Answer

How does surface friction affect the distance a soda can will roll?

Answer

How does the size of a soda can affect the distance it rolls?

Question 12

Why is it harder for the boy in Image B to get down the hill?

Accepted Answer

Friction

Answer

Motion

Answer

No Skiis

Answer

Distance

Question 13

Students create balloon rockets by taping drinking straws to balloons and running a thick string through the straw. The ends of the string are held tightly apart. When the balloon is inflated and released, it moves along the string. What should the student do to change the amount of friction that slows the motion of the balloon rocket?

Accepted Answer

Replace the string with thin wire.

Answer

Try different color balloons.

Answer

Use a different type of tape.

Answer

Hold the string ends closer together.

Question 14

Is the force usually exerted by a surface on an object that is resisting against it.

Accepted Answer

Normal force

Answer

Friction

Answer

Elasticity

Answer

Tension

Question 15

What type of force uses magnets?

Accepted Answer

Magnetic

Answer

Gravitational

Answer

Applied

Answer

Normal

Question 16

Look at the illustration below of a block sitting on a table-top. The magnified view illustrates a force that exists between the two objects.
Which type of force is demonstrated in the magnified view?

Accepted Answer

frictional force

Answer

magnetic force

Answer

electrical force

Answer

gravitational force

Question 17

Some forces can act over a distance, and others can only act by contact.  Which type of force can act only when two objects touch each other?

Accepted Answer

frictional

Answer

gravitational

Answer

electrical

Answer

electrostatic

Question 18

After walking across a carpeted floor in socks, Jim brings his finger near a metal doorknob and receives a shock.
What does this demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

Electrical forces can act at a distance.

Answer

Frictional forces require direct contact.

Answer

Electrical forces require direct contact

Answer

Frictional forces can act a distance.

Question 19

Which sentence below describes a contact force?

Accepted Answer

A baseball bat hits a baseball

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A book falls to the floor

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A leaf floats in the air and falls to the ground.

Answer

A magnetic force pulls a paper clip toward a magnet

Question 20

A 10 kg, 15 kg, and 20 kg rock are rolling down a hill. Which rock will require the most force to stop?

Accepted Answer

20 kg rock

Answer

10 kg rock

Answer

15 kg rock

Answer

All 3 rocks will require the same force

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