FORCE WORKSHEET

For each scenario decide the types of force!

No. Statement Answer

1 A person pushes a box across a rough floor. What type of force

opposes the motion of the box?

2 A book is resting on a table. Which force is acting upward to

balance the weight of the book?

3 A skydiver is falling through the air with a parachute. What force

slows them down?

4 A ball is dropped from a height. Which force causes it to

accelerate toward the ground?

5 A child pulls a sled with a rope at an angle. What type of force is

being exerted by the rope?

6 A magnet is used to pick up a paperclip. What type of force is

responsible for this action?

7 A car skids to a stop on an icy road. Which force is reduced,

causing the skid?

8 A rope is used to hang a bucket from a well. What force keeps

the bucket suspended?

9 A balloon is rubbed on a sweater and sticks to a wall. What type

of force is acting between the balloon and the wall?

10 A ball rolls to a stop after being kicked on grass. What type of

force causes it to stop?
For each scenario decide if this is an example of Newton’s 1st, 2nd, or 3rd law of motion!
No. Statement Answer

1 A book is placed on a table and remains at rest until someone pushes it. Which
law explains why the book stays at rest?

2 A heavier shopping cart requires more force to push than a lighter one. Which law
explains this?

3 A soccer player kicks a ball harder, and it travels farther. Which law explains this
relationship between force and acceleration?

4 A car suddenly stops, and the passengers lurch forward. Which law explains this
motion of the passengers?

5 A person jumps off a boat, and the boat moves backward. Which law explains the
boat’s motion?

6 A satellite remains in orbit around the Earth without using additional fuel. Which
law explains why it continues moving?

7 A chair at rest stays in place until you push or pull it. Which law governs this
scenario?

8 A truck carrying heavy cargo accelerates more slowly than an empty truck. Which
law explains this observation?

9 A bird flaps its wings downward to lift itself upward. Which law applies to this
scenario?

10 A ball bounces back after hitting the ground. Which law explains why it bounces?

11 A moving car comes to a stop because of the brakes. What law explains why the
car doesn’t continue moving?

12 A skater pushes against a wall and rolls backward. Which law explains why the
skater moves?

13 A person pushes a small toy car and a large toy car with the same force. The
smaller car moves faster. Which law explains this?

14 A person pushes a wall with their hands, and the wall exerts an equal force back
on their hands

15 A car’s acceleration decreases when it is loaded with passengers because of the

added mass. Which law explains this?

Circle the best answer!

 1. The forces shown above are PUSHING / PULLING forces.
2. The forces shown above are WORKING TOGETHER / OPPOSITE FORCES.
3. The forces are EQUAL / NOT EQUAL.
4. The forces DO / DO NOT balance each other.
5. The resultant force is 1000 N TO THE RIGHT / 1000 N TO THE LEFT /ZERO.
6. There IS / IS NO motion.

Circle the best answer!

1. The forces shown above are PUSHING / PULLING forces.

2. The forces shown above are WORKING TOGETHER / OPPOSITE FORCES.
3. The forces are EQUAL / NOT EQUAL.
4. The forces DO / DO NOT balance each other.
5. The stronger force is pulling to the RIGHT / LEFT.
6. The weaker force is pulling to the RIGHT / LEFT.
7. Motion is to the RIGHT / LEFT.

Calculate the net force!

1. The net force for this diagram

zero / 0
2. The net force for this diagram

8 N to right
3. Which team will push the box farther?

Answer: team 1 = 10 N to right, team 2 = 12 to right

4. Miqdam is pushing a shopping car with a force 20 N. Because wheels are stuck, the
friction caused by the ground is exerting a force 8 N in the opposite direction. Calculate
the net force on the shopping cart, including an arrow indicating what direction the
shopping cart is going.

Answer: 12 N to front of idam

5. Rama is pushing a rock up a hill with a force of 85 N. If Nabil comes to help and Nabil
can push with a force of 60 N, what is the net force on the rock? 145 N up

6. Calculate the net force on the rope.

Answer: zero / 0

7. Calculate the net force to determine which team will win the tug of war.
Girl = 93 N, boy = 60 N, winner girl

8. Indra and Messi are pushing a desk across the room. To be funny, Indra decides to push
against Messi instead of with him. Indra can push with a force of 30 N. Messi can only
push with a force of 28 N. In which direction will the desk move? To Messi, to left

Messi Indra
9. Fiqri, Abi, and Faiq work together to hold the door shut to keep out the zombies. Fiqri
pushes with a force of 15 N, Abi with 12 N, and Faiq with 22 N. What is their net force on
the door? 49 N

10. Calculate the net force acting on the box below. Vertikal = 0, horizontal = 11 to right

Answer: ………………..

No. Description Net Force Balance/Unbalance

11. What is the net force on the car? 3N to right Unbalance

 12. A boy takes his dog for a walk. The dog is 12 N Unbalance
pulling with a force of 30N to the right and the
boy is pulling backwards with a force of 18N.
What is the net force on them?

13. Both of the people on the left are pulling with a 0 balance
force of 55N to the left. On the right side of the
rope, one person is pulling with 35N to the
right, and the other person is pulling 20N to the
right. What is the net force on the rope?

14. What is the net force of the figure below? 3N Unbalance

15. Look at the picture below. The arrows show the 0 balance
direction and force of the two big horn rams.
What is the net force of the rams?

Calculating Newton Law Motion

Answer the question below!

1. What is inertia?
 2. Describe how mass and inertia are related?
3. How does mass effect acceleration?
4. Kg measures_______________
5. N measures________________
6. m/s2 measures______________
7. 1N= __________________
8. The acceleration due to gravity on Earth is __9.8 m/s2______ and on the Moon it is
____1.62 m/s2_____.
9. What are the three formulas which describe the relationship between mass, force
and acceleration?
10. A force of 52 N acts upon a 4 kg block sitting on the ground. Calculate the
acceleration of the object.
11. A 5 kg block is pulled across a table by a force of 61 N. Calculate the acceleration of
the object.
12. A roller coaster pushes a 25 kg person upward with a force of 300 N. What is the
acceleration?
13. An object of mass 10 kg is accelerated upward at 2 m/s2 . What force is required?
14. What is the mass of an object if a force of 17 N causes it to accelerate at 1.5 m/s/s?
15. What is the acceleration of a 10 kg object if a force of 3 N is applied to it?
16. What is the mass of an object that requires a force of 25 N to accelerate at 5 m/s/s?
17. How much weight is generated by an 80 kg person on planet earth? On the moon?
18. What is the mass of a falling rock on planet earth if it weighs 147 N?

Calculating Pressure

1. A box with a weight of 100 N is placed on a surface with an area of 2 m². What is the
pressure exerted by the box?
2. A brick exerts a force of 200 N on the ground and has a contact area of 0.5 m².
Calculate the pressure exerted on the ground.
3. A person weighs 600 N and stands on one foot with an area of 0.02 m². Find the
pressure exerted on the ground.
4. An elephant has a weight of 30,000 N and stands on four feet, each with an area of 0.2
m². Calculate the pressure exerted.
5. A steel block weighing 500 N is placed on a table. The contact area is 0.25 m². What is
the pressure on the table?
6. A person with a weight of 700 N is wearing high heels. Each heel has a contact area of
0.001 m². What is the pressure exerted on the ground?
7. A book with a weight of 50 N is resting flat on a table. If its contact area is 0.1 m², what is
the pressure exerted?
8. A tractor has a total weight of 40,000 N and is supported by four large tires, each with an
area of 1.5 m². What is the pressure on the ground?
9. A wooden crate weighs 150 N and is placed on a floor with an area of 0.75 m². What is
the pressure exerted?
10. A metal block has a force of 250 N acting on it and an area of 0.05 m². Calculate the
pressure.

Calculating Hydrostatic Pressure

1. What is the hydrostatic pressure at a depth of 5 meters in water?

2. Find the pressure exerted by seawater at a depth of 10 meters. (Density of seawater =
1025 kg/m³)
3. A swimmer dives 3 meters into a swimming pool. What is the pressure at that depth?
4. Calculate the pressure at a depth of 20 m in a lake.
5. If a diver is at a depth of 15 m in seawater, what is the hydrostatic pressure?
6. An underwater pipe is placed 8 meters below the surface of a river. What is the pressure
acting on it?
7. A submarine is at a depth of 50 meters in the ocean. Calculate the hydrostatic pressure.
8. A water tank is filled to a height of 12 meters. Find the pressure at the bottom of the
tank.
9. What is the pressure at a depth of 30 meters in an oil tank? (Density of oil = 850 kg/m³)
10. A fish is swimming at a depth of 6 meters in a freshwater pond. What is the pressure at
that depth?

Calculating Archimedes Law

1. A wooden block with a volume of 0.02 m³ is floating on water. What is the buoyant force
acting on it?
2. A solid iron cube with a volume of 0.01 m³ is fully submerged in water. Calculate the
buoyant force.
3. A balloon displaces 0.5 m³ of air. If the density of air is 1.2 kg/m³, what is the buoyant
force?
4. A piece of ice (V = 0.03 m³) is floating in seawater (ρ=1025 kg/m³). Calculate the
buoyant force.
5. A stone with a volume of 0.005 m³ is completely submerged in oil (ρ=850 kg/m³). What is
the buoyant force?
6. A diver is holding a ball underwater that displaces 0.1 m³ of water. What is the buoyant
force acting on it?
7. A ship displaces 2000 m³ of seawater. Calculate the buoyant force acting on the ship.
8. A floating log displaces 0.4 m³ of water. What is the buoyant force acting on it?
9. A plastic container with a volume of 0.06 m³ is fully submerged in water. What is the
buoyant force?
10. A helium balloon displaces 0.03 m³ of air (ρ=1.2\rho = 1.2ρ=1.2 kg/m³). Calculate the
buoyant force.

Calculating Pascal Law

1. A hydraulic press has a small piston with an area of 0.02 m² and a large piston with an
area of 1 m². If a 300 N force is applied to the small piston, what force is exerted on the
large piston?
2. A hydraulic jack has a small piston area of 0.01 m² and a large piston area of 0.5 m². If a
force of 400 N is applied to the small piston, what force is exerted on the large piston?
3. A car lift has a small piston area of 0.03 m² and a large piston area of 0.9 m². If a force of
600 N is applied to the small piston, calculate the force on the large piston.
4. A hydraulic system has a small piston of area 0.05 m² and a large piston of area 2 m². If
a force of 500 N is applied to the small piston, what force is exerted on the large piston?
5. A mechanic uses a hydraulic lift with a small piston of area 0.02 m² to lift a 1500 N car
using a large piston of 1 m². What force must be applied to the small piston?
6. A hydraulic press has a small piston area of 0.04 m² and a large piston area of 0.8 m². If
a force of 250 N is applied to the small piston, calculate the force on the large piston.
7. A hydraulic system has a small piston of 0.01 m² and a large piston of 0.5 m². If the force
required on the large piston is 5000 N, how much force must be applied to the small
piston?
8. A hydraulic lift uses a small piston with an area of 0.02 m² and a large piston with an
area of 0.6 m². If 200 N of force is applied to the small piston, find the force on the large
piston.
9. A hydraulic press has a small piston with a radius of 0.1 m and a large piston with a
radius of 0.5 m. If 500 N of force is applied to the small piston, what force is exerted on
the large piston?
10. A hydraulic system has a small piston with a diameter of 10 cm and a large piston with a
diameter of 50 cm. If 600 N is applied to the small piston, what is the force on the large
piston?