Forces and Motion (Practice) Test b. They will hit at the same time.

8th Grade c. Object B because it has a large surface area.

1) A duck flies 60 meters in 10 seconds. What is the d. There is no way to tell.
duck’s speed? 13) A change to an objects motion is caused by...
a. 600 m/s a. Balanced forces
b. 50 m/s b. Unbalanced forces
c. 6 m/s c. Acceleration
d. 70 m/s d. Velocity
2) A beetle crawls 2 cm/minute for ten minutes. How far 14) Which one of the following objects has the greatest
did it crawl? inertia?
a. 8 centimeters a. ping pong ball
b. 5 centimeters b. a golf ball
c. .20 centimeters c. a soft ball
d. 20 centimeters d. a bowling ball
3) A force is described as... 15) Describe the motion of a person not wearing a seat
a. A push only belt if the car stops suddenly.
b. A pull only a. The person and car will stop together.
c. A push or a pull b. The person will stop faster than the car because they
d. None of the above are lighter.
4) What unit do scientists use to measure force? c. The car will stop and the person will keep moving
a. Newton forward because of
b. Grams inertia.
c. Meters d. The car will stop and the person will speed up.
d. Meter per second per second 16) A falling object is pulled down by the earth. The earth
5) What is the net force on the box shown below? is pulled up toward the object.
a. 10 N to the left Why doesn’t the earth move?
b. 10 N to the right a. Only the earth has gravity.
c. 60 N to the left b. The Earth has a very large mass and a small
d. 50 N to the right acceleration.
30 N c. The Earth has a very small mass and a large
20 N acceleration.
60 N d. Air resistance gets in the way.
6) When you slide a box across the floor what force must 17) When you walk across the ground and push on it with
your push be stronger than? your feet...
a. Support force a. There is no effect on the ground.
b. Friction force b. The ground pushes back less strongly than your feet.
c. Gravity c. The ground pushes back more strongly than your feet.
d. Air resistance d. The ground pushes back on your feet with equal force.
7) The moon has a smaller mass than the Earth. If you A
were able to travel to the moon 100 g
your weight would... B 100 g
a. Increase 18) A bowling ball and a tennis ball are dropped off of the
b. Decrease Empire State building. Which
c. Stay the same object will be affected by air resistance?
d. Vary with day and night a. Tennis ball
8) Which force always pulls downward on objects? b. Bowling ball
a. Support force c. Both the bowling ball and tennis ball
b. Friction force d. Neither the bowling ball or tennis ball
c. Gravity 19) Gravity affects projectile motion _________.
d. Air resistance a. Vertically
9) This test paper is sitting at rest on your desk. Which of b. Horizontally
the following statements best c. Sometimes
describes this situation? d. Never
a. There are no forces acting on your paper. 20) Terminal velocity occurs when ___________.
b. Your paper pushes on the desk only. a. gravity has pushed the object with too much force.
c. The desk pushes on your paper only b. the force of air resistance is greater than the force of
d. The forces acting on the paper are balanced. gravity.
10) What forces are acting on a dropped book that falls to c. the force of gravity and air resistance are equal.
the floor? d. the object reaches 100mph.
a. Gravity only 21) Projectile Motion is described as…
b. Gravity and air resistance a. an object falling from the sky.
c. Air resistance b. the curved path an object follows as it is thrown or
d. Friction only propelled near earth’s
11) Which ball will hit the ground first if dropped at the surface.
same time and at the same height c. the amount of time an object takes to reach the earth’s
in a perfect vacuum? surface after falling
a. Metal first, then plastic, then wood last from a certain height.
b. Wood first , then plastic, then metal last d. the moment when two forces are balanced and the
c. They will all hit at the same time. object is still.
d. There is no way to tell. 22) Terminal velocity can be described as…
wood ball Plastic ball metal ball a. the maximum speed an object can travel falling towards
12) Which object will hit the ground first if dropped at the earth.
same time at the same height b. the amount matter contained in an object.
in a perfect vacuum? c. an unbalanced force acting on the object.
a. Object A because it is round. d. the amount of inertia exceeding the force of gravity.