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Year __ Science
Topic: Forces

Name: _______________ Tutor: _______________

1. Complete. A force is something that changes __________. A force is either a ________ or a

________ or a __________.

2. Complete each sentence. Use each word from the list once: direction, pull, move, push.
a) A force can make things ________.
b) A force can also make moving things change __________________.
c) When you lift something, you ________ the object.
d) The force used by a mother walking a ________.

3. Select the incorrect answer:

a) Force is needed to change the direction of an object.
b) A force is required to change the shape of an object.
c) Things naturally slow down. No force is involved.
d) Objects speed up when they fall because there is a force involved.

4. Define each term:

a) accelerate: _________________________________________________________________
b) decelerate: _________________________________________________________________

5. List 4 things that you would look for to tell if a force is being applied to an object.
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6. What does it mean when an object is ‘elastic’?
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7. Classify each object as ‘elastic’ or ‘inelastic’.

a) plastic bag:
b) a glass window:
c) a towel:
d) an iron nail:

8. After free falling, the sky diver opens his parachute.

a) State the object that the force from the parachute is acting upon.
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b) What is the force doing to that object?
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c) Is the parachute force a push or a pull?
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d) What force is acting in the opposite direction?
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9.
a) Identify 3 types of forces that act through contact.
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b) Identify 3 types of non-contact forces.
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c) Give the other name for ‘non-contact’ forces.
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10. Classify each force as either ‘contact’ or ‘non-contact’.

a) a nail being hammered.

b) a small child dragging along a toy.

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 c) a spanner tightening a nut.
d) a ball falling to the ground after being kicked.

11. Classify each force in Q10 as either a push or a pull:

a) _________________________________________________________________________
b) _________________________________________________________________________
c) _________________________________________________________________________
d) _________________________________________________________________________

12.
a) Compare the size of a force shown as a long arrow with that of one shown with a short
arrow.
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b) Complete: When describing forces, you must show the d________________ of that force
add its s______________.
c) State the unit used to measure forces _______________.

13.
a) Name two instruments used to measure forces.
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b) Describe how bathroom scales work.
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14. Complete the sentences using the words provided: moves at the same speed, speeds up, slows
down, equal, unequal.
a) The forces on this bike are __________ so the bike
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 b) The forces on this bike are __________ so the biker
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c) The forces on this bike are __________ so the bike
_________________________________.

15. True or false?

a) Forces are balanced when there is no overall force.

b) Forces are normally balanced when the forces are the same size and acting
in the same direction.
c) A balanced force makes an object accelerate.
d) When I am sitting on a chair, the only force on me is my weight force.
e) If a car travels at constant speed, there is no force acting on the car.

16. List 4 things that you would look for to check if forces on an object are unbalanced.
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17. A sky diver is falling to the ground.

a) Draw arrows to show the two forces acting on the diver. (The forces
are equal).

b) When will the diver fall at a steady speed?

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18. Draw all the forces that are acting an object that is:

a) accelerating b) decelerating


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19. State whether each block is stationary, accelerating, decelerating or moving at constant speed.

20. Explain what will happen to a car moving at constant speed if all forces acting on it are
balanced.
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21. You are abseiling down a cliff and stopped to take a breath.
a) What are the two forces acting on you? __________________________________________
b) Are they forces balanced? ____________________________________________________

22. True or false?

a) Friction is caused by bumps and hollows of the surfaces catching each

other.
b) Smooth surfaces have no bumps and hollows.
c) Friction causes a moving object to speed up.
d) Friction produces heat energy.
e) Drag slows down a moving object.
f) Friction acts in the opposite direction to a moving object.
g) A heavier object creates more friction than a lighter one.
h) Streamlined’ or ‘aerodynamic’ mean the shape of an object can cut
through the air easily.
i) An object is hydrodynamic if it cuts through water easily.

23. State whether fiction is useful or a nuisance in each.

a) stopping in a hurry.
b) pushing a fridge across the floor.
c) running a car engine.
d) parachuting from a plane.

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 e) steering your bicycle around a corner.

24. A bus is travelling to the right.

a) In which direction does friction between road and wheel act?
_______________.
b) In which direction does the weight of the bus act?
_______________.
c) In which direction is the force causing motion? _______________.

25. What forces cause a bike to slow down when you stop peddling and where are those forces
acting?
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26. List 3 ways of reducing friction.

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27. Match the words from the list with their meaning: hydrodynamic, weight drag, streamline,
waxing.

a) Another word for air resistance.

b) A force that always act downwards.
c) A method to minimise friction.
d) Designed to minimise air resistance.
e) Shaped to cut through the water easily.

28. A spring balance is used to measure the force needed to pull two different blocks through the
water. Which block needs less force to pull it through water? Explain.

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29. A skier hates friction but a cyclist is happy friction is there. Explain.
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30. Match the diagram with the correct explanation.

a) The pushing force is larger than the friction force.

b) The friction force balances the pushing force.
c) The friction force is larger than the pushing force.

31. True or false?

a) Gravity is an invisible field force.

b) The force of gravity repels objects.
c) Gravity on Jupiter is greater than on Earth because Jupiter is much more
massive.
d) Gravity of a planet pulls everything towards it centre.
e) All objects have their own gravity and pull all other objects towards them.

32. Identify whether weight is:

a) a push force or a pull force.

b) a contact or non-contact force.

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33.
a) State the instrument used to measure:
i) mass. ____________________.
ii) weight. ____________________.
b) State the unit of measurement for:
i) mass. ____________________.
ii) weight. ____________________.

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34. The gravity of the Moon is only ! the gravity of Earth. Compare the mass of the moon with that
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of Earth.
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35. Arrange the diagrams in order from largest gravitational attraction to smallest.

36. An astronaut has a mass of 90kg.

a) State his mass:
i) on Earth. ____________________.
ii) on the moon. ____________________.
iii) in outer space. ____________________.
iv) under water. ____________________.
b) State his weight:
i) on Earth. ____________________.
ii) on the moon. ____________________.
iii) in outer space. ____________________.
c) How would the astronaut’s weight differ if he was on a planet more massive than Earth?
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37. The graph shows the force of the Earth’s gravity and moon’s
gravity on a spacecraft. Complete: As the spacecraft travels
from Earth to the moon the:
a) pull of the Earth’s gravity. ____________________.
b) pull of the moon’s gravity. ____________________.
c) does the strength of gravity depend on how far you are
away from a planet? ____________________.

38. Three balls were dropped at the same time. Draw where the other balls would be at the same
time as the tennis ball.

39. Define ‘terminal velocity.’

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