Year 10 Force and Motion Practice Test

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• Which feature is required for graphs according to the rules?
• In a force diagram, the longer arrow indicates what?
• A runner accelerates from rest to 6 m/s in 3 s. What is the acceleration?
• What must every graph include?
• Which formula gives the range of a projectile neglecting air resistance?
• Which formula defines gravitational potential energy near Earth's surface?
• What instrument is used in the lab to measure force?
• What must be present on every axis according to the rules?
• Which of the following is a plausible feature of the X-axis in a speed-time graph?
• If an object is falling with constant velocity, what can be said about its net force?
• What is required for each axis on a graph?
• A projectile is launched horizontally from a height of 45 m with initial horizontal velocity 20 m/s. Neglect air resistance. Approximately how far does it travel horizontally before hitting the ground?
• Which statement correctly describes the difference between mass and weight?
• What is the formula for average acceleration when velocity changes from u to v over time t?
• In an ideal lever, which option correctly describes mechanical advantage?
• A displacement after moving 10 m east and then 10 m west back to the starting point is for the journey:
• On a speed-time graph, what does increasing the gradient indicate about acceleration?
• What is the unit of force, and how many newtons are in 1 kilonewton?
• State the principle of conservation of energy in a closed system. Provide a simple example.
• What does the area under a velocity-time graph represent?
• Which action would decrease friction between two surfaces?
• If an object's mass doubles on Earth, its weight will...
• A velocity-time graph shows velocity increasing uniformly from 0 to 12 m/s over 6 s. What are the acceleration and the distance traveled in that interval?
• A car accelerates uniformly from rest to 20 m/s in 5 s. What is the average acceleration, and what distance is traveled during this time (initial speed is 0)?
• Which formula gives the maximum height of a projectile launched from ground level with speed v and angle θ?
• Which is a valid reason to include a graph title?
• Which statement about work and angle is true?
• Which statement best illustrates instantaneous speed?
• Balanced forces have what in force diagrams?
• A ball is thrown upward with initial speed 15 m/s. Using g = 9.8 m/s^2, what is the maximum height reached?
• How does air resistance affect falling objects? Why do heavier objects sometimes fall faster in air?
• A cyclist pedaling increases speed from 5 m/s to 9 m/s over 4 s. What is the average acceleration, and what distance is covered during this interval if the initial velocity is 5 m/s?
• Momentum is defined as p = m v. On which quantities does momentum depend?
• Terminal velocity is reached under what conditions?
• How many forces act on a stationary object?
• Two horizontal forces acting on a moving object are called what?
• If height doubles, gravitational potential energy relative to the ground changes by what factor?
• A 6 kg mass experiences a net force of 9 N. What is its acceleration?
• Which quantity is measured in meters per second?
• A 5 kg cart moving at 4 m/s experiences a force of 2 N opposite its motion for 2 seconds. What is its final velocity?
• Opposite forces with different magnitudes on an object produce what kind of net effect?
• What is the kinetic energy of a 5 kg cart moving at 2 m/s?
• Which statement best describes energy conservation in a closed system?
• If a distance-time graph is a straight line with constant slope, what does this say about velocity?
• Which force would be involved when a boat moves forward by the engine?
• Which force acts toward the centre of the Earth?
• What is the symbol for time?
• If two forces act on an object with equal magnitude but opposite directions, the net force is
• On a car moving at constant speed on a level road, which statement about net force is true?
• Which of the following is the unit for speed?
• On a standard speed-time graph, which axis is horizontal?
• If the same force is applied to two objects with different masses, the smaller mass accelerates
• Which statement is true about non-contact forces?
• What is the expression for centripetal acceleration and its direction?
• What do we call forces that cancel each other due to equal magnitude and opposite direction?
• Which of the following is the measure of how far an object has travelled?
• A student measures a distance-time graph that is a straight line with slope 3 m/s. After 6 seconds, what distance has the object traveled if starting at origin?
• At terminal velocity, which forces balance?
• If a distance-time graph has a straight line from (0,0) to (4,20), what is the speed and its units?
• In which direction does thrust act on a moving object?
• Which statement about momentum is true?
• What is the amount of matter or 'stuff' it contains called?
• What is the kinetic energy of a 3 kg object moving at 4 m/s?
• On Earth, the weight of a 2 kg mass is approximately how many newtons?
• Which statement correctly distinguishes scalar and vector quantities?
• A projectile is launched from ground level at speed 15 m/s at 30 degrees. What is its maximum height neglecting air resistance?
• At terminal velocity, what happens to the net force on the falling object?
• A 0.5 kg ball moving at 4 m/s collides inelastically with a 0.5 kg ball at rest. What is their combined velocity after the collision?
• What is the symbol commonly used for distance in equations?
• If a 2 kg mass experiences Earth gravity, what is its weight in Newtons?
• Define work done by a force. If a force of 10 N moves an object 3 m in the same direction, how much work is done?
• Which indicates a balanced force on an object at rest or moving at constant velocity?
• In a frictional scenario, which method would increase the friction between two surfaces?
• What is the sum of all forces acting on an object called?
• Which of the following statements correctly pairs scalar quantities with vector quantities in the context of motion?
• A force of 4 N acts on a 2 kg mass for 3 s. What is the change in momentum?
• Which quantity is represented by the symbol v in the formula v = d/t?
• A car moves in a circle of radius 5 m at 10 m/s. What is the centripetal acceleration?
• What is the power output if a 5 N force acts on an object that moves 2 m in the direction of the force?
• A 10 N force is applied at 30° above the +x axis. What are the components F_x and F_y of the force?
• Which type of friction is generally higher: static or kinetic?
• What is the symbol used for distance?
• What is the work done by a force? How is it calculated?
• Rough surfaces create __ friction.
• In a distance-time graph, speed/velocity is represented by the ...
• Define inertia and relate it to Newton's first law.
• Define power. What are the units?
• Which option describes a non-contact force?
• What term describes the forward-pushing force that propels a vehicle?
• A distance-time graph shows a flat line at 50 m from t = 0 to t = 6 s. What does this indicate about the object's motion?
• Which statement is true about average speed and average velocity?
• Which quantity is a vector?
• If velocity changes from 0 to 10 m/s in 5 s, what is the acceleration?
• Which statement correctly describes momentum and kinetic energy in a perfectly inelastic collision?
• Using v = u + at, a car starts from rest (u = 0) and accelerates at 2 m/s^2 for 5 s. What is v?
• A car accelerates uniformly from 0 to 20 m/s in 4 s. What is its acceleration?
• Unit for acceleration?
• The area under a velocity-time graph between two times represents what quantity?
• A lever system or pulley system increases distance moved by the effort by a factor of 3 while reducing the force by the same factor. What happens to the work done?
• Which of the following is an example of a contact force?
• What is the unit used for mass?
• A car of mass 1200 kg moves at 20 m/s and comes to a stop in 4 s. What is the average stopping force?
• In the v = d/t formula, what does d represent?
• How can you increase friction between two surfaces?
• If velocity doubles, how does kinetic energy change for a given mass?
• A car travels 150 km east in 3 hours. Which statement is correct about its average speed and average velocity?
• If the Y-axis can show distance or speed, which statement is true?
• In a distance-time graph, if the slope is curved towards the vertical (upwards) it is ...
• Which pair of forces act horizontally on a moving object?
• What is the unit for time?
• For a velocity increasing uniformly from 0 to 12 m/s over 6 s, what is the average velocity during the interval?
• Which statement correctly describes distance and displacement?
• Which force prevents you from sinking into the ground?
• What does the X-axis represent on a speed-time graph?
• In which direction does friction act?
• Which statement is true about a speed-time graph?
• Net force can be calculated by subtracting which force from the larger force?
• Smooth surfaces create __ friction.
• Which axis does time plot on in a speed-time graph?
• Unbalanced forces have what in a force diagram?
• For a distance-time graph showing a line from (0,0) to (4,20), what is the speed and its unit?
• A runner covers 200 m in 40 s. What is their average speed?
• What symbol is used to represent force?
• In a speed-time graph, distance is represented by which feature?
• Under a constant net force, how does increasing mass affect acceleration?
• Which of the following is an example of a non-contact force?
• In a one-dimensional elastic collision between two identical pucks, where one is moving at 3 m/s to the right and the other initially at rest, what are their final velocities after the collision?
• A cyclist starts from rest and accelerates uniformly to 12 m/s in 3 s. What is the acceleration?
• What is the momentum of a 3 kg cart moving at 2 m/s?
• For a ball dropped from rest with g = 9.8 m/s^2, what is the distance fallen after t = 3 s?
• Which quantity is defined as the distance traveled per unit of time?
• If the net external force acting on a mass is zero, what will be its motion?
• In a perfectly inelastic collision, which quantity is conserved?
• What is weight? How is it related to mass and gravity?
• What is the direction of the support force on an object resting on a surface?
• Define friction. What types are there?
• Which statement best describes balanced forces?
• Why does weight change with location but mass does not? (Moon example)
• A ball is dropped from rest. Neglect air resistance. What is the velocity after t = 3 s? (g = 9.8 m/s^2 downward)
• The force that stops you from falling through the floor and is acting upwards.
• A force of 6 N acts on a 1.5 kg object for 0.5 s. What is the change in velocity?
• Which statement correctly distinguishes contact forces from non-contact (action-at-a-distance) forces?
• If a 5 kg block on a frictionless surface experiences a net force of 0 N, what is its acceleration?
• A ball is kicked at t = 0 s and its displacement after 3 seconds is 18 m in the forward direction. What is the average velocity?
• Which of the following is a vector quantity?
• The vertical pair of forces.
• Which statement describes the role of the Y-axis when distance or speed can be plotted there?
• Which quantity is defined as a measure of the rate of change of speed over the time taken?
• A 2 kg mass is accelerated at 3 m/s^2. What is the net force on the mass?
• If the slope becomes steeper over time on a distance-time graph, the object is ...
• How you calculate speed
• A 3 kg block on a frictionless surface experiences a constant acceleration of 1.67 m/s^2. What is its velocity after 4 seconds if the initial velocity is 0?
• What is the SI unit of acceleration?
• Which force propels an object in the direction of motion?
• A 3 kg block on a frictionless horizontal table has a 5 N horizontal force applied. What is the acceleration?
• What is impulse equal to in terms of momentum?
• What is the unit commonly used for speed?
• What is the kinetic energy of a 3 kg object moving at 6 m/s?
• A constant force of 8 N acts on an object for a displacement of 2 m in the same direction as the force. How much work is done?
• Which scenario shows distance and displacement being different?
• What is the momentum of a 2 kg mass moving at 3 m/s?
• In circular motion, the velocity vector is always directed
• On a speed-time graph, which axis can represent distance or speed?
• A 0.4 kg ball is pushed with a 2 N force along a frictionless surface for 3 seconds. What is the change in velocity (Δv)?
• Impulse is defined as the product of force and time. If a 2 N force acts on an object for 3 seconds, what is the impulse?
• State Newton's first law in the context of a stationary object on a frictionless surface.
• What is the symbol used for mass?
• When an object is falling with constant velocity, what have we reached?
• What term describes the distance travelled over the time taken?
• An 8-newton net force acts on a 4-kilogram object. What is the resulting acceleration?
• Which statement best distinguishes instantaneous speed from average speed?
• Why does weight change with location (e.g., Moon) while mass does not?
• In an ideal machine, work input equals work output.
• Which statement describes a push or pull changing motion?
• What is the symbol for acceleration?
• In the v = d/t formula, what does t represent?
• Which sentence best describes Newton's first law?
• If one force is longer than the opposing force in a force diagram, the net force is in which direction?
• Define momentum. If a 2 kg ball moves at 3 m/s, what is its momentum?
• In a closed system with no external forces, what happens to the total momentum?
• Which statement best describes Newton's first law of motion?
• Which quantity describes how far an object has travelled?
• What is the unit of weight?
• A force of 12 N acts at 45° to the +x axis. Which set of component values matches F_x and F_y?
• What is the unit of force?
• A 2 kg mass is moving at 3 m/s. Its kinetic energy is?
• In a collision where two equal masses collide head-on and stick together, is momentum conserved?
• If a graph has no title, which part is missing?
• Explain how a seatbelt reduces the force on the body during a car accident.
• Which statement correctly distinguishes static friction from kinetic friction?
• If the same amount of force is applied to two similar objects that have different masses, the smaller object will accelerate ________.
• Which statement defines terminal velocity?
• Which statement best describes the net force when the longer arrow represents a larger force than the other?
• In a distance-time graph, the slope represents which quantity?
• A car travels 100 m north in 25 s. What is its average speed?
• Which statement about gravity and mass is true?
• Which statement about friction on rough surfaces?
• What is the direction of gravity on Earth?
• What is the kinetic energy of a 1.0 kg object moving at 3 m/s?
• A 1 kg mass at height 5 m with g = 9.8 m/s^2 has gravitational potential energy relative to the ground. What is it?
• What does the slope of a velocity-time graph represent?
• A distance-time graph shows the car moving from 0 m at 0 s to 40 m at 4 s. What is the average speed?
• In a perfectly inelastic collision between two objects in a closed system, what happens to momentum and kinetic energy?
• If two equal forces act on an object in opposite directions, what is the net force?
• Terminal velocity is defined as
• What force opposes motion?
• How many forces act on an object that is moving at constant speed?
• In a closed system, momentum is conserved. How does this relate to elastic and inelastic collisions regarding kinetic energy?
• A 1.5 kg object experiences a net force of 4 N. What is its acceleration? If the same force is applied to a 6 kg object, what is the acceleration?
• In F = ma, if F is in newtons and m in kilograms, what are the units of acceleration?
• Displacement vs distance: which statement is true?
• A car travels 120 m in 6 s along a straight road. What is its average speed?
• In a one-dimensional collision between two carts, which quantities are conserved in a perfectly elastic collision?
• If a vehicle experiences a net force opposite to its direction of motion, what happens to its velocity?
• If two horizontal forces acting on an object are equal and opposite, the forces are what?
• What is a measure of the duration of motion?
• If a force diagram shows two arrows of equal length but opposite directions, what does that indicate?
• If the mass doubles while the net force remains the same, what happens to the acceleration?
• Which statement correctly describes speed, velocity, and acceleration?
• How you calculate acceleration
• In a distance-time graph, if the slope is curved towards the horizontal it is ...
• A projectile is launched with speed 20 m/s at 45 degrees. What is its range neglecting air resistance?
• A force of 10 N acts on a 2 m displacement in the same direction. How much work is done?
• What is the difference between thrust and drag in a moving car?
• A ball drops from 5 m. Assuming no air resistance, what happens to its energy?
• Which statement about balanced forces is true?
• If the slope becomes less steep over time on a distance-time graph, the object is ...
• A 5 kg block on a frictionless horizontal surface is pushed with a 10 N force. What is its acceleration?
• An object does 30 J of work in 3 s. What is its power?
• Weight is a force. How is it related to mass and gravity? Provide formula and units.
• What is the symbol used for speed?
• If velocity triples, kinetic energy increases by what factor?
• If a runner's velocity is constant at 3 m/s for 10 s, what distance does the runner cover?
• What is the formula for kinetic energy?
• Gravitational potential energy is asked: A 2 kg mass is raised by 5 m. Use g = 9.8 m/s^2. What is GPE?
• Static friction plays what role in motion?
• If two equal and opposite forces act on an object, what is its acceleration?
• Which equation correctly represents speed as distance divided by time?
• A velocity-time graph increases linearly from 0 m/s at t = 0 s to 5 m/s at t = 2 s. What is the acceleration?