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Identify The Choice That Best Completes The Statement or Answers The Question

The document contains a multiple choice practice test on forces with 23 questions covering topics like balanced and unbalanced forces, Newton's laws of motion, gravity, inertia, friction, and calculations using formulas like F=ma. The questions test understanding of key concepts in forces and motion and require recalling definitions, applying concepts, and using formulas to solve problems involving forces. Correct answers are provided for each question along with feedback explaining the reasoning behind the answers.

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Identify The Choice That Best Completes The Statement or Answers The Question

The document contains a multiple choice practice test on forces with 23 questions covering topics like balanced and unbalanced forces, Newton's laws of motion, gravity, inertia, friction, and calculations using formulas like F=ma. The questions test understanding of key concepts in forces and motion and require recalling definitions, applying concepts, and using formulas to solve problems involving forces. Correct answers are provided for each question along with feedback explaining the reasoning behind the answers.

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Forces Practice Test

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Forces that are equal in size but opposite in direction are ____.
a. balanced forces c. inertial forces
b. frictional forces d. net forces

____ 2. If gravity did not affect the path of a horizontally thrown ball, the ball would ____.
a. go straight up c. fall straight down
b. travel horizontally d. follow a curved path

____ 3. Whenever a body is in motion, there is always ____ to oppose the motion.
a. friction c. gravity
b. inertia d. acceleration

____ 4. The relationship among force, mass, and acceleration is stated in ____.
a. the law of conservation of momentum c. Newton's second law of motion
b. Newton's first law of motion d. Newton's third law of motion

____ 5. The statement "for every action, there is an equal but opposite reaction" is a statement of ____.
a. the law of conservation of momentum
b. Newton's first law
c. Newton's second law
d. Newton's third law

____ 6. When two birds are pulling on a worm and the worm moves toward the first bird, you know that the forces are
____.
a. long-range c. unbalanced
b. action-reaction d. balanced

____ 7. An unbalanced force acting on an object causes it to ____.


a. move at constant speed c. not change its velocity
b. continue in a straight line d. accelerate

____ 9. The force that opposes motion is ____.


a. a balanced force c. an accelerating force
b. an unbalanced force d. friction

____ 10. A feather and a rock dropped at the same time from the same height would land at the same time when
dropped
a. by Galileo in Italy c. by an astronaut on the moon.
b. by Newton in England. d. by an astronaut on the space shuttle.

____ 11. A student has a set of masses to use in an experiment about force. Which of the following masses would
require the least amount of force to be lifted from the lab table?
a. 1-g mass c. 25-g mass
b. 5-g mass d. 100-g mass

____ 12. In physical science, a push or a pull is called a(n)


a. force.
b. acceleration.
c. inertia.
d. motion.

____ 13. What happens when two forces act in the same direction?
a. They cancel each other out.
b. The stronger one prevails.
c. They add together.
d. Their sum divided by two is the total force.

____ 14. Which of the following is an example of rolling friction?


a. your shoes on a sidewalk as you walk
b. bike tires on the road as you ride
c. a boat on the water as it sails
d. two hands rubbing together

____ 15. The amount of matter in an object is called its


a. inertia.
b. mass.
c. force.
d. balance.

____ 16. The force that pulls falling objects toward Earth is called
a. gravity.
b. free fall.
c. acceleration.
d. air resistance.

____ 17. The tendency of an object to resist change in its motion is known as
a. mass.
b. inertia.
c. force.
d. balance.
____ 18. The greater the mass of an object,
a. the easier the object starts moving.
b. the greater its inertia.
c. the more balanced it is.
d. the more space it takes up.

____ 19. According to Newton’s third law of motion, when a hammer strikes and exerts force on a nail, the nail
a. creates a friction with the hammer.
b. disappears into the wood.
c. exerts an equal force back on the hammer.
d. moves at a constant speed.

____ 20. Newton’s first law of motion applies


a. to moving objects. c. to objects that are accelerating.
b. to objects that are not moving. d. Both (a) and (b)

____ 21. The amount of air resistance acting on an object depends on the object's
a. size and shape. c. density and mass.
b. mass and weight. d. None of the above

____ 22. An apple falls from a tree. The gravitational force on the apple is 1 N. If air resistance is 0.1 N, what is the net
force on the apple?
a. 0.1 N c. 1.0 N
b. 0.9 N d. 1.1 N

____ 23. Use Newton's second law of motion to calculate the acceleration of a 7 kg mass if a force of 68.6 N acts on it?
a. 0.1 m/s/s c. 68.6 m/s/s
b. 9.8 m/s/s d. 480.2 m/s/s
rces Test
Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1 STA: 8.2.c


2. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 STA: 8.2.b
3. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1 STA: 8.2.d
4. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 STA: 8.2.a
5. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 STA: 8.2.a
6. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 STA: 8.2.e
7. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 STA: 8.2.e

9. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 STA: 8.2.d


10. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: I OBJ: 6-1.1
11. ANS: A
F = ma; therefore, the smallest mass will require the least force.

Feedback
A That's correct!
B Try again.
C First, you must recall the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration.
D See Chapter 2, Lesson 2 for help.

PTS: 1 DIF: 3 STA: 8.2.f


12. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: L1
OBJ: CaPS.10.1.1 Describe what a force is. STA: S 8.2.a
BLM: knowledge
13. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: L2
OBJ: CaPS.10.1.2 Explain how balanced and unbalanced forces affect an object's velocity.
STA: S 8.2.b BLM: comprehension
14. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: L2
OBJ: CaPS.10.2.1 Identify factors that determine the friction force between two objects.
STA: S 8.2.d BLM: comprehension
15. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: L1
OBJ: CaPS.10.2.2 Identify the factors that affect the gravitational force between two objects.
STA: S 8.2.d BLM: knowledge
16. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: L2
OBJ: CaPS.10.2.2 Identify the factors that affect the gravitational force between two objects.
STA: S 8.2.g BLM: comprehension
17. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: L1
OBJ: CaPS.10.3.1 State Newton's first law of motion. STA: S 8.2.f
BLM: knowledge
18. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: L2
OBJ: CaPS.10.3.1 State Newton's first law of motion. STA: S 8.2.f
BLM: comprehension
19. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: L2
OBJ: CaPS.10.4.1 State Newton's third law of motion. STA: S 8.2.e
BLM: comprehension
20. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: I OBJ: 6-2.1
21. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: I OBJ: 6-1.1
22. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: II OBJ: 6-1.1
23. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: II OBJ: 6-2.1

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