1. Force and Motion Assessment Jeopardy

2. 21 & 22 100 200 300 400 500 Gravity & Motion 1 Gravity & Motion 2
Newton’s Laws
Momentum
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500
21 & 22

3. The balls land at the same time. The ball with the larger volume
If a baseball and a cannonball are dropped from the same height at the same time, which ball will hit the ground first?
The cannonball
The baseball
The balls land at the same time.
The ball with the larger volume

4. The balls land at the same time. The ball with the larger volume
If a baseball and a cannonball are dropped from the same height at the same time, which ball will hit the ground first?
The cannonball
The baseball
The balls land at the same time.
The ball with the larger volume
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5. What feature of an object does NOT affect air resistance?
Its sizes
Its chemical properties
Its shape
Its speed

6. What feature of an object does NOT affect air resistance?
Its sizes
Its chemical properties
Its shape
Its speed
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7. Why do astronauts in space appear weightless?
There is no gravity in space.
Air resistance opposes gravity
They have no mass in space
They are in free fall

8. Why do astronauts in space appear weightless?
There is no gravity in space.
Air resistance opposes gravity
They have no mass in space
They are in free fall
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9. Which is true about the reaction force of a chair you are sitting on?
The force is greater than your weight
The force is equal to your weight
The force is determined by many factors
The force varies

10. Which is true about the reaction force of a chair you are sitting on?
The force is greater than your weight
The force is equal to your weight
The force is determined by many factors
The force varies
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11. Which is a common unbalanced force acting on objects in motion?
inertia
acceleration
friction
speed

12. Which is a common unbalanced force acting on objects in motion?
inertia
acceleration
friction
speed
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13. When a bowling ball collides with a bowling pin, the momentum of the ball
Increases slightly as the velocity of the pin increases
Decreases slightly as the velocity of the pin increases
Decreases slightly as the velocity of the pin decreases
Does not change at all

14. When a bowling ball collides with a bowling pin, the momentum of the ball
Increases slightly as the velocity of the pin increases
Decreases slightly as the velocity of the pin increases
Decreases slightly as the velocity of the pin decreases
Does not change at all
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15. Increases after the collision Remains the same after the collision
The law of conservation of momentum states that when two objects collide, their combined momentum
Increases after the collision
Remains the same after the collision
Decreases after a collision
Cannot be determined after the collision

16. Increases after the collision Remains the same after the collision
The law of conservation of momentum states that when two objects collide, their combined momentum
Increases after the collision
Remains the same after the collision
Decreases after a collision
Cannot be determined after the collision
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17. Exerted on all the other billiard balls Not present
If an action is a cue ball hitting a billiard ball, then the reaction force is
Exerted on the table
Exerted on all the other billiard balls
Not present
Exerted by the billiard ball on the cue ball

18. Exerted on all the other billiard balls Not present
If an action is a cue ball hitting a billiard ball, then the reaction force is
Exerted on the table
Exerted on all the other billiard balls
Not present
Exerted by the billiard ball on the cue ball
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19. Which of the following objects has the least accleration?
An empty shopping cart pushed with a hard force
A full shopping cart pushed with a hard force
An empty shopping cart pushed with a light force
A full shopping cart pushed with a light force

20. Which of the following objects has the least accleration?
An empty shopping cart pushed with a hard force
A full shopping cart pushed with a hard force
An empty shopping cart pushed with a light force
A full shopping cart pushed with a light force
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21. When a moving bumper car collides with a bumper car at rest, which of the following occurs?
Momentum is transferred to the car at rest
Momentum is transferred to ground beneath the cars.
Momentum is transferred to the moving car
There is no transfer of momentum

22. When a moving bumper car collides with a bumper car at rest, which of the following occurs?
Momentum is transferred to the car at rest
Momentum is transferred to ground beneath the cars.
Momentum is transferred to the moving car
There is no transfer of momentum
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23. A crumpled piece of paper hits the ground before a flat sheet of paper because
The acceleration of gravity is greater on the crumpled paper
There is more air resistance against the flat paper
The crumpled paper is more massive
The crumpled paper is less massive.

24. A crumpled piece of paper hits the ground before a flat sheet of paper because
The acceleration of gravity is greater on the crumpled paper
There is more air resistance against the flat paper
The crumpled paper is more massive
The crumpled paper is less massive.
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25. Orbital motion is a combination of forward motion and
Frictional resistance
Free fall
Horizontal acceleration
weightlessness

26. Orbital motion is a combination of forward motion and
Frictional resistance
Free fall
Horizontal acceleration
weightlessness
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27. According to Newton’s first law of motion, a moving object that is not acted on by an unbalanced force will
Remain in motion
Eventually come to a stop
Change its momentum
accelerate

28. According to Newton’s first law of motion, a moving object that is not acted on by an unbalanced force will
Remain in motion
Eventually come to a stop
Change its momentum
accelerate
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29. What must you know to find the momentum of an object?
Mass and acceleration
Acceleration and force
Mass and velocity
Velocity and time

30. What must you know to find the momentum of an object?
Mass and acceleration
Acceleration and force
Mass and velocity
Velocity and time
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31. acceleration momentum mass velocity
What makes it harder to change the motion of a watermelon than an apple?
acceleration
momentum
mass
velocity

32. acceleration momentum mass velocity
What makes it harder to change the motion of a watermelon than an apple?
acceleration
momentum
mass
velocity
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33. Air resistance causes the speed of a falling object to
increase
decrease
Remain unchanged
Become zero

34. Air resistance causes the speed of a falling object to
increase
decrease
Remain unchanged
Become zero
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35. A feather is in free fall when the force of gravity
Is greater than the force of air resistance
Is less than the force of air resistance
Is equal to the forces of air resistance
Is the only force acting on it

36. A feather is in free fall when the force of gravity
Is greater than the force of air resistance
Is less than the force of air resistance
Is equal to the forces of air resistance
Is the only force acting on it
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37. A falling object’s terminal velocity is reached when the force of gravity
Is greater than the force of air resistance
Is less than the force of air resistance
Is equal to the forces of air resistance
Is the only force acting on it

38. A falling object’s terminal velocity is reached when the force of gravity
Is greater than the force of air resistance
Is less than the force of air resistance
Is equal to the forces of air resistance
Is the only force acting on it
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39. Why do you have to aim above a target that you want to hit with a thrown object?

40. How does Newton’s second law explain why it is easier to push a bicycle than to push a car with the same acceleration?

41. How does Newton’s third law explain how a rocket takes off?

42. How can a sky diver benefit from air resistance?