Name: Starter quiz
Balanced and unbalanced forces
1 What do forces cause? Tick 1 correct answer
changes
motion
stillness
2 Forces make things change. A larger force will cause a bigger or __________ change.
Tick 1 correct answer
smaller
faster
slower
3 Which option is the best description of what it means when two things are balanced? Tick
1 correct answer
Something is bigger on one side than
the other.
Two things acting in different
directions are adding up to have a
bigger effect.
Two things are equal in some way but
are cancelling each other out.
4 A person walks 9 metres straight forwards, then 4 metres straight backwards. The result
of doing this is they are metres from where they started. Fill in the
blank
5 Forces can change an object's , direction or shape. Fill in the
blank
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Balanced and unbalanced forces Starter quiz
6 Are the forces on this car balanced or unbalanced? Tick 1 correct answer
balanced
unbalanced
there is not enough information to
decide
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