PhysSci5: Force and Motion Reading Questions

1. When you throw a football, you are -

A) applying heat to the football
B) changing the form of the football
C) changing the type of matter that the football is made of
D) applying force to the football

2. A push or pull is a -

A) force
B) organism
C) football
D) object

3. What must be applied to an object in order to move it?

A) many different sounds
B) a beam of light
C) a force
D) a throw

4. A force can do all of the following EXCEPT -

A) change the direction of a moving object
B) cause an object to slow down
C) make an object move
D) cause an object to change form

5. According to the concept of inertia, an object will continue to move until -

A) it produces energy
B) it changes form
C) it changes shape
D) a force acts upon it

6. Forces act upon you -

A) all the time
B) only when you are awake
C) only when you are moving
D) only a few times a year

7. Which of the following is NOT a type of force?

A) sunlight
B) friction
C) magnetism
D) gravity

8. The force that causes objects to be pulled toward the EArth is known as -

A) friction
B) magnetism
C) gravity
D) wind

9. The force that works against motion is called -

A) friction
B) magnetism
C) speed
D) gravity

10. The force that attracts iron is -

A) friction
B) gravitational pull
C) solar wind
D) magnetic force

11. The word "force" in paragraph 1 means -

A) a push or pull
B) the pull of objects toward one another
C) movement
D) the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion

12. The word "motion" in paragraph 2 means -

A) a push or pull
B) the pull of jects toward one another
C) movement
D) the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion

13. What does the word "friction" mean in paragraph 3?

A) a force that works against motion
B) movement
C) the pull of objects toward one another
D) the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion

14. What does the word "gravity" mean in paragraph 3?

A) a push or pull
B) a force that pulls objects toward one another
C) movement
D) the tendency of an object to resist motion

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