Worksheets Name

Forces and Net Force

Class
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 35mins
Date
Instructor name: Mrs. Linda Regan

1.
What type of force is this man using to push his grocery cart?

a) Normal Force b) Applied Force

c) Gravity d) Air Resistance

2.
What is the net force?

a) 3 N b) 17 N, right
c) 3 N, left d) 3 N, right
3.
Who wins the tug of war with what net force?

a) The person on the left with 80 N b) The person on the left with 20 N
c) The people on the right with 20 N d) The people on the right with 100 N

4.
What is the net force?

a) 0 N b) 20 N
c) 400 N d) 40 N

5. What is the unit to MEASURE force?

a) Meter b) Pounds
c) Kilogram d) Newton

6.
A ____________ is a push or a pull on an object.

a) magnet b) force
c) friction d) gravity
7.
If these teams are pulling with the same amount of force what will happen?

a) Both will fall down. b) They will not move at all.

c) The boy in blue will win. d) The boy in red will win.

8.
Balanced or unbalanced?

a) unbalanced b) balanced

9.
Forces that have a net force of zero Newtons

a) Balanced force b) Unbalanced force

10. The sum of all forces acting on an object.

a) Net Force b) Contact Force

c) Balanced Force d) Unbalanced Force

11. What will cause an object to move?

a) Balanced forces b) Applied forces

c) Unbalanced forces
12.
Calculate the Net Force.

a) 0N b) 60N, Right
c) 60N, Left d) 40N, Right

13.
What is a Force?

a) Mass b) The distance

c) A push or pull d) Give me a failing grade

14.
What force holds the planets in motion around the sun?

a) Electrical b) Magnetic
c) Air Resistance d) Gravitational

15. What does the strength of gravity between two objects depend upon?

a) Inertia & mass b) Mass & distance

c) Mass & weight d) Gravity & inertia
16. All objects in the universe have a gravitational attraction to each other.

a) True b) False

17. Jupiter has about 317 times more mass than Earth. What can you infer from this fact?

a) That Jupiter’s gravitational force is much b) That Jupiter’s gravitational force is much
weaker than on Earth’s gravitational force. stronger than Earth’s gravitational force.
c) That Jupiter’s and Earth’s gravitational d) Mass has no effect on the gravitational
forces are equal. force between two objects

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

a) gravity b) contact
c) friction

19. If both forces are going in the same direction you should______ those forces

a) Add b) Divide
c) Multiply d) Subtract

20. When forces are going in the opposite direction of each other you should do what do find the
net force

a) Subtract b) Multiply
c) Add d) Divide