Forces Quiz

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Forces Quiz

Last updated 20 days ago

23 questions

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A 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
Draw the Freebody diagram for the situation.

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An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
What is the magnitude of the weight of the student? (round to nearest Newton)

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An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
What is the Net Force in the x direction (nearest newton)?

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An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
Find the Student's Net Force (nearest Newton).

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An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N. What is the acceleration of the student? (nearest hundreth)

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A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

Draw the FreeBody Diagram.

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A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

What is the Net Force on the Sign?

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A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables to the nearest hundreth.

Equal forces are applied to a large truck and a motorcycle (both initially at rest) at the same time. After 5 seconds, the motorcycle is moving _(Faster, Slower, Same Speed)_than the truck.

Slower

Faster

Same Speed

Equal forces are applied to a large truck and a motorcycle (both initially at rest) at the same time. After 5 seconds, the motorcycle is moving _(Faster, Slower, Same Speed)_than the truck.
What is the evidence for the motorcycle's motion in comparison with the truck?

The truck started with a higher force than the motorcycle.

The motorcycle started with a higher force than the truck.

The motorcycle has less mass than the truck.

The motorcycle has more mass than the truck.

Equal forces are applied to a large truck and a motorcycle (both initially at rest) at the same time. After 5 seconds, the motorcycle is moving _(Faster, Slower, Same Speed)_than the truck.
What is the reasoning for the evidence for the motorcycle's motion in comparison with the truck?

If force is constant then a lower mass means lower acceleration.

If force is constant then a higher mass means greater acceleration.

If force is constant then a lower mass means greater acceleration.

If force is constant then a lower mass means equal acceleration.

A fly meets its unfortunate end on the windshield of a moving car. When the fly hits the windshield, the force on the fly is (Greater than, Less than, Equal to) to the force on the truck.

Less than

Greater than

Equal to

A fly meets its unfortunate end on the windshield of a moving car. When the fly hits the windshield, the force on the fly is (Greater than, Less than, Equal to) to the force on the truck.

What is the evidence for how the force on the fly in comparison to the force on the truck?

The fly is not in contact with the truck.

The fly is an illusion and there is only the truck.

The fly is in contact with the truck.

A fly meets its unfortunate end on the windshield of a moving car. When the fly hits the windshield, the force on the fly is (Greater than, Less than, Equal to) to the force on the truck.

What is the reasoning for the evidence for how the force on the fly in comparison to the force on the truck?

From 3rd Law, the force of the fly is smaller in magnitude but opposite direciotn of the truck's force.

From 3rd Law, the force of the fly is greater in magnitude but opposite direction of the truck's force.

From 3rd Law, the force of the fly is equal in magnitude but opposite direction of the truck's force.

An Ice Skater is coasting along the surface of a frozen pond with constant velocity. The force needed to maintain her motion is_(Greater than zero, less than zero, zero)_.

Less than zero

Greater than zero

zero

An Ice Skater is coasting along the surface of a frozen pond with constant velocity. The force needed to maintain her motion is_(Greater than zero, less than zero, zero)_.
What is the evidence for the force needed to maintain her motion?

She is accelerating and slowing down.

She is coasting with constant velocity.

She is accelerating and speeding up.

An Ice Skater is coasting along the surface of a frozen pond with constant velocity. The force needed to maintain her motion is_(Greater than zero, less than zero, zero)_.
What is the reasoning for the evidence for the force needed to maintain her motion?

If velocity is changing then there is net acceleration, so net force needed.

If velocity is changing then there is net acceleration, so no net force needed.

If velocity is constant then there is no net acceleration, so no net force needed.

A 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
Draw the Freebody diagram for the situation.

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
What is the Fnet equation in the y direction?

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
What is the magnitude of the weight of the student? (round to nearest Newton)

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
What is the Fnet equation in the x direction?

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
What is the Net Force in the x direction (nearest newton)?

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
Find the Student's Net Force (nearest Newton).

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N. What is the acceleration of the student? (nearest hundreth)

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

Draw the FreeBody Diagram.

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

What is the Net Force on the Sign?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

What is the Net Force equation in the x direction?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

What is the equation that relates the two tensions in the x direction?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

What is the Net Force equation in the y direction?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

What is the Net Force equation in the y direction solved for Tension?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables to the nearest hundreth.

Equal forces are applied to a large truck and a motorcycle (both initially at rest) at the same time. After 5 seconds, the motorcycle is moving _(Faster, Slower, Same Speed)_than the truck.

Slower

Faster

Same Speed

Equal forces are applied to a large truck and a motorcycle (both initially at rest) at the same time. After 5 seconds, the motorcycle is moving _(Faster, Slower, Same Speed)_than the truck.
What is the evidence for the motorcycle's motion in comparison with the truck?

The truck started with a higher force than the motorcycle.

The motorcycle started with a higher force than the truck.

The motorcycle has less mass than the truck.

The motorcycle has more mass than the truck.

Equal forces are applied to a large truck and a motorcycle (both initially at rest) at the same time. After 5 seconds, the motorcycle is moving _(Faster, Slower, Same Speed)_than the truck.
What is the reasoning for the evidence for the motorcycle's motion in comparison with the truck?

If force is constant then a lower mass means lower acceleration.

If force is constant then a higher mass means greater acceleration.

If force is constant then a lower mass means greater acceleration.

If force is constant then a lower mass means equal acceleration.

A fly meets its unfortunate end on the windshield of a moving car. When the fly hits the windshield, the force on the fly is __(Greater than, Less than, Equal to)__ to the force on the truck.

Less than

Greater than

Equal to

A fly meets its unfortunate end on the windshield of a moving car. When the fly hits the windshield, the force on the fly is __(Greater than, Less than, Equal to)__ to the force on the truck.

What is the evidence for how the force on the fly in comparison to the force on the truck?

The fly is not in contact with the truck.

The fly is an illusion and there is only the truck.

The fly is in contact with the truck.

A fly meets its unfortunate end on the windshield of a moving car. When the fly hits the windshield, the force on the fly is __(Greater than, Less than, Equal to)__ to the force on the truck.

What is the reasoning for the evidence for how the force on the fly in comparison to the force on the truck?

From 3rd Law, the force of the fly is smaller in magnitude but opposite direciotn of the truck's force.

From 3rd Law, the force of the fly is greater in magnitude but opposite direction of the truck's force.

From 3rd Law, the force of the fly is equal in magnitude but opposite direction of the truck's force.

An Ice Skater is coasting along the surface of a frozen pond with constant velocity. The force needed to maintain her motion is_(Greater than zero, less than zero, zero)_.

Less than zero

Greater than zero

zero

An Ice Skater is coasting along the surface of a frozen pond with constant velocity. The force needed to maintain her motion is_(Greater than zero, less than zero, zero)_.
What is the evidence for the force needed to maintain her motion?

She is accelerating and slowing down.

She is coasting with constant velocity.

She is accelerating and speeding up.

An Ice Skater is coasting along the surface of a frozen pond with constant velocity. The force needed to maintain her motion is_(Greater than zero, less than zero, zero)_.
What is the reasoning for the evidence for the force needed to maintain her motion?

If velocity is changing then there is net acceleration, so net force needed.

If velocity is changing then there is net acceleration, so no net force needed.

If velocity is constant then there is no net acceleration, so no net force needed.

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
What is the Fnet equation in the y direction?

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
What is the Fnet equation in the x direction?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

What is the Net Force equation in the x direction?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

What is the equation that relates the two tensions in the x direction?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

What is the Net Force equation in the y direction?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

What is the Net Force equation in the y direction solved for Tension?

Forces Quiz

Forces Quiz

A 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.Draw the Freebody diagram for the situation.

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.What is the Net Force in the x direction (nearest newton)?

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.Find the Student's Net Force (nearest Newton).

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N. What is the acceleration of the student? (nearest hundreth)

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.Draw the FreeBody Diagram.

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.What is the Net Force on the Sign?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables to the nearest hundreth.

Equal forces are applied to a large truck and a motorcycle (both initially at rest) at the same time. After 5 seconds, the motorcycle is moving _(Faster, Slower, Same Speed)_than the truck.

Equal forces are applied to a large truck and a motorcycle (both initially at rest) at the same time. After 5 seconds, the motorcycle is moving _(Faster, Slower, Same Speed)_than the truck.What is the evidence for the motorcycle's motion in comparison with the truck?

Equal forces are applied to a large truck and a motorcycle (both initially at rest) at the same time. After 5 seconds, the motorcycle is moving _(Faster, Slower, Same Speed)_than the truck.What is the reasoning for the evidence for the motorcycle's motion in comparison with the truck?

A fly meets its unfortunate end on the windshield of a moving car. When the fly hits the windshield, the force on the fly is __(Greater than, Less than, Equal to)__ to the force on the truck.

A fly meets its unfortunate end on the windshield of a moving car. When the fly hits the windshield, the force on the fly is __(Greater than, Less than, Equal to)__ to the force on the truck.What is the evidence for how the force on the fly in comparison to the force on the truck?

A fly meets its unfortunate end on the windshield of a moving car. When the fly hits the windshield, the force on the fly is __(Greater than, Less than, Equal to)__ to the force on the truck.What is the reasoning for the evidence for how the force on the fly in comparison to the force on the truck?

An Ice Skater is coasting along the surface of a frozen pond with constant velocity. The force needed to maintain her motion is_(Greater than zero, less than zero, zero)_.

An Ice Skater is coasting along the surface of a frozen pond with constant velocity. The force needed to maintain her motion is_(Greater than zero, less than zero, zero)_.What is the evidence for the force needed to maintain her motion?

An Ice Skater is coasting along the surface of a frozen pond with constant velocity. The force needed to maintain her motion is_(Greater than zero, less than zero, zero)_.What is the reasoning for the evidence for the force needed to maintain her motion?

A 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.Draw the Freebody diagram for the situation.

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.What is the Fnet equation in the y direction?

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.What is the Fnet equation in the x direction?

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.What is the Net Force in the x direction (nearest newton)?

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.Find the Student's Net Force (nearest Newton).

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N. What is the acceleration of the student? (nearest hundreth)

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.Draw the FreeBody Diagram.

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.What is the Net Force on the Sign?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.What is the Net Force equation in the x direction?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.What is the equation that relates the two tensions in the x direction?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.What is the Net Force equation in the y direction?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.What is the Net Force equation in the y direction solved for Tension?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables to the nearest hundreth.

A 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
Draw the Freebody diagram for the situation.

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
What is the Net Force in the x direction (nearest newton)?

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
Find the Student's Net Force (nearest Newton).

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

Draw the FreeBody Diagram.

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

What is the Net Force on the Sign?

Equal forces are applied to a large truck and a motorcycle (both initially at rest) at the same time. After 5 seconds, the motorcycle is moving _(Faster, Slower, Same Speed)_than the truck.
What is the evidence for the motorcycle's motion in comparison with the truck?

Equal forces are applied to a large truck and a motorcycle (both initially at rest) at the same time. After 5 seconds, the motorcycle is moving _(Faster, Slower, Same Speed)_than the truck.
What is the reasoning for the evidence for the motorcycle's motion in comparison with the truck?

A fly meets its unfortunate end on the windshield of a moving car. When the fly hits the windshield, the force on the fly is (Greater than, Less than, Equal to) to the force on the truck.

A fly meets its unfortunate end on the windshield of a moving car. When the fly hits the windshield, the force on the fly is (Greater than, Less than, Equal to) to the force on the truck.

What is the evidence for how the force on the fly in comparison to the force on the truck?

A fly meets its unfortunate end on the windshield of a moving car. When the fly hits the windshield, the force on the fly is (Greater than, Less than, Equal to) to the force on the truck.

What is the reasoning for the evidence for how the force on the fly in comparison to the force on the truck?

An Ice Skater is coasting along the surface of a frozen pond with constant velocity. The force needed to maintain her motion is_(Greater than zero, less than zero, zero)_.
What is the evidence for the force needed to maintain her motion?

An Ice Skater is coasting along the surface of a frozen pond with constant velocity. The force needed to maintain her motion is_(Greater than zero, less than zero, zero)_.
What is the reasoning for the evidence for the force needed to maintain her motion?

A 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
Draw the Freebody diagram for the situation.

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
What is the Fnet equation in the y direction?

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
What is the Fnet equation in the x direction?

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
What is the Net Force in the x direction (nearest newton)?

An 65 kg physics student is pushed along the ground in a rolling chair. Her friend applies a force of 97 N to the student to the east. The student, in an attempt to not fall over, presses their feet to the ground creating a force of 20 N.
Find the Student's Net Force (nearest Newton).

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

Draw the FreeBody Diagram.

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

What is the Net Force on the Sign?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

What is the Net Force equation in the x direction?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

What is the equation that relates the two tensions in the x direction?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

What is the Net Force equation in the y direction?

A 100 N sign is hanging from two cables. Each cable makes a 20° angle with the horizontal. Find the tension in the cables.

What is the Net Force equation in the y direction solved for Tension?