Push or Pull
1. Is dragging a trash can behind you as you walk is an example of a push or a pull?
A. Push
B. Pull
B. Pull
6. Two classes are playing tug-of-war and the rope is not moving. Is the force balanced or unbalanced?
A. Unbalanced
B. Balanced
B. Balanced
True or false. Objects with more mass require less force to move.
A. True
B. False
B. False
True or false. Friction works in the opposite direction of the force being applied.
A. True
B. False
A. True
You attempt to move a table across the room by pushing it with one finger but it won't budge. Do you need to apply more or less force to move it?
A. more force
B. less force
A. More force.
2. Gravity is a what type of force?
A. Push
B. Pull
B. Pull
7. Right now you are sitting in your chair. Gravity is pulling you down but your chair is pushing you up. You are not moving. Is this an example of balanced or unbalanced forces?
A. Unbalanced
B. Balanced
B. Balanced
Mr. Snyder pushes two model cars with the same amount of force. The first car is a Mini Cooper weighing 3 pounds. The other car is a Corvette weighing 8 pounds. Which car will have the greatest change in motion?
A. Mini Cooper
B. Corvette
A. The Mini Cooper
Ms. Puckett is pushing two people on swings. She is applying equal force to each person. One person weighs 80 lbs and the other weighs 135 lbs. Which person will accelerate faster from the push?.
A. the person that weighs 80 lbs
B. the person that weighs 135 lbs
C. they will accelerate the same
A. the person that weighs 80 lbs
You flick a soccer ball and a ping pong ball with your fingers using equal forces. Which ball will accelerate slower?
A. soccer ball
B. ping pong ball
A. The soccer ball.
3. In a game of tug-of-war what type of force is being used?
A. Pull
B. Push
A. Pull
8. This type of force results in movement.
A. Unbalanced
B. Balanced
A. Unbalanced force
Mrs. Sentell has three identical toy trucks. She pushes them with the exact same amount of force. Truck 1 is carrying 1 wood block and it rolls 5ft. Truck 3 is carrying 3 wood blocks and rolls 3ft. Truck 2 is carrying 2 wood blocks. How far will it most likely travel?
A. 1 ft
B. 4 ft
C. 8 ft
B. 4ft
You throw a paper airplane that is carrying a paper clip. Eventually, the plane falls to the ground. What force was applied that made the plane fall?
Gravity
True or false. Objects with more mass require more force to stop.
A. True
B. False
A. True
4. What type of force means: when you exert force away from you?
A. Pull
B. Push
B. Push
This type of force does not result in movement.
A. Unbalanced
B. Balanced
B. Balanced force
When you jump you are able to overcome what force momentarily?
The pull of gravity.
19. Mrs. Cooper applies 10N (Newtons) of force to 4 objects. The first object is a paper clip weighing 1.5g. The second is a remote weighing 29g. The third is a block weighing 22g. And the forth is a rock weighing 4g. Which object will travel the farthest?
A. paper clip
B. remote
C. block
D. rock
A. Paper Clip
A wheel is easier to push across a surface than a block. Is it because
A)the wheel has less mass
B) the wheels rolls which reduces friction
C) the block has more gravity
D) the wheel is an example of a balanced force.
B) the wheels rolls which reduces friction
5. Kicking a soccer ball is an example of what type of force?
A. Push
B. Pull
A. Push
Ms. Robinson jumps out of an airplane with a parachute. She opens the parachute so that air resistance pulls her up, but she is still being pulled down to the ground by gravity. This is an example of what kind of force?
A. Unbalanced
B. Balanced
A. Unbalanced
You try to push a bookshelf that is full of books but it only moves a little bit. You remove the books and push with the same force as before so it now moves faster. What did you decrease to in the bookshelf to make it easier to move?
A. Volume
B. Mass
C. Gravity
B. Mass
20. Mrs. Hardwick is sliding a box full of books from one side of her house to the other to store them. During her journey, she slides the box over thick carpeting, newly polished hardwood floors, thin carpeting, and finally the rough cement garage floor. Over which surface will the friction be the least?
A. thick carpeting
B. polished hardwood floors
C. thin carpeting
D. rough cement garage floor
B. Polished hardwood floors.
Mr. Snyder and Ms. Robinson are arguing about where to put a table. Mr. Snyder is pushing from one side applying 25N of force towards Ms. Robinson. Ms. Robinson is pushing from the opposite side applying 45N of force toward Mr. Snyder. Who will the table move towards?
A. Mr. Snyder
B. Ms. Robinson
A. Mr. Snyder