Infer how friction and gravity affect movements of different objects.

1. Carlito found that it is easier to push a cart barefooted than when he was
wearing shoes along the cemented floor. What caused this difference?
A. Surface of the floor is smooth.
B. Mass of the wheelbarrow and the load.
C. Friction is greater between the wheels of the cart and the shoes.
D. Friction between the bare feet and the ground is greater than with
shoes.

2. Which of these is NOT involve any friction?

A. A bicycle rolling down a hill
B. A baseball player sliding into second base
C. A diver falling through the air to a pool
D. All of the above experience some friction

3. Sports shoes tend to have rough bottoms. What is the best explanation for this?
A. To decrease friction so you move faster
B. To reduce gravity and make you lighter
C. To decrease your mass so you have more momentum
D. To increase friction so you can change your motion more easily

4. Morga has a job working in a mine. She walks up and begins pushing a large
rock that is sitting still. After a lot of shoving, she makes it start sliding across
the floor. She pushes it to the edge of a cliff where it falls through the air onto
a rolling conveyor belt which carries it to a machine to be crushed. At which
point did the rock have the strongest friction?
A. When it was sitting still
B. When Morgan was pushing it
C. When it was falling through the air
D. When it was rolling on the conveyor belt

5. Karol pushed a coin. It slid across the table top toward Joshua. The coin
slowed down and eventually stopped very close to Joshua. Why does the coin
slowed down as it moved toward Joshua?
A. The size of the coin used by Allison.
B. The time where the two do the activity
C. The weight of the table where the coin slid
D. There is a friction interaction between the table and the coin.

6. Ezekiel is playing a rubber ball in a smooth floor. He loves looking the ball
rolling, after a while he noticed that the ball to stop. What causes a rubber ball
that rolls on a smooth floor to slow down and then stop?
A. The force that started the ball rolling does not act on the ball anymore.
B. The wax and dirt that collect on the ball makes the ball stick to the
floor.
 C. The friction between the ball and the floor prevents the ball to continue
rolling.
D. The force that made the ball roll is not large enough to make the ball
continue to roll

7. What factor causes the motion of the car to slow down, as it is moving up the
slope of a mountain?
A. The gravity of the earth that pulls the car down the slope.
B. The force of the car that decreases as it goes up the slope.
C. The weight of the car that increases as it moves up a mountain.
D. The frictional force between the road and the wheels of the car that
decreases as it moves up a mountain.

8. Nina is planning to boil water using firewood. She brought with her matchbox.
What will happen if she strike a match against the side of a matchbox?
A. Explosion will occur C. Friction will produce flame
B. Light will be put out D. Matchstick will be thrown away

9. What force keeps our feet from sliding when we are running or walking?
A. Gravitational force C. Friction
B. Centripetal force D. Inertia

10. A car will slide more on a wet road than on a dry road. This happens because
there is more____________ between the tires and the road.
A. Magnetism C. Heat
B. Friction D. Gravity

11. You see a flag waving on a pole. A force is acting on the flag. What is exerting
that force?
A. Wind C. Water
B. Gravity D. Magnet

12. A small boy is on a swing. He is moving the swing by himself very slowly. How
can you help the boy accelerate the movement of the swing?
A. Ask the boy to stand on the swing.
B. Ask a much bigger person.
C. Ask a smaller boy to push the swing.
D. Ask another boy to ride with him on the swing.

13. When you throw a ball, it goes down eventually. Why?

A. Gravity pulls the ball down
B. The force that moves it is not strong.
C. Gravity does not act on the ball upon release.
D. The speed of the ball is affected by air friction

14. Why does a bus going uphill travel more slowly that one going downhill.
A. It is helped by gravity
B. It is moving against gravity
C. The cold wind pulls it down
D. There is more friction in going up
 15. What force causes a ball that is rolling on the floor to slow down and stop?
A. Inertia B. Gravity C. Friction D. Weight

16. If you were in a space ship and fired a cannon ball into frictionless space, the
amount of force needed to keep it going would be ________.
A. The same amount of force with which it was fired
B. One half the force with which it was fired
C. Zero, since no force is necessary to keep it moving
D. Twice the force with which it was fired.

17. An object weighs 30 N on earth. A second object weighs 30 N on the moon.

Which has greater mass?
A. The object that is on earth
B. The object that is on the moon
C. They have the same mass
D. All of the above

18. A block dragged without acceleration in a straight line path across a level
surface by force of 6 N. What is the frictional force between the block and the
surface?
A. Less than 6 N C. More than 6 N
B. 6 N D.

19. What do a traffic sign of 60 km/h n a road mean?

A. The minimum speed a car may travel is 60 km/h.
B. The maximum speed a car may travel is 60 km/h.
C. A car may travel more than 60 km/h when traffic is light.
D. A car is not allowed to have a maximum speed of 60 km/h.

20. As a 500 N lady sits on the floor, the floor exerts a force on her equal to __
____________.
A. 1000 N C. 250 N
B. 500 N D. 50 N

21. The person is attracted towards the center of the earth by a 500-N gravitational
force. The force with which the earth is attracted toward the person is
______________.
A. very small C. 500 N
B. very large D.

22. Two people pull on a rope in a tug-of-war. Each pulls with a 400 N force. What
is the tension in the rope?
A. 0 C. 600 N
B. 400 N D. 800 N

23. What is the minimum resultant possible when adding a 3-N force to an 8-N force?
A. 24 N C. 8 N B. 11 N D. 5 N
24. How does the acceleration of an object change in relation to its mass? It is
_________.
A. Directly proportional
B. Inversely proportional
C. Acceleration doesnt depend on mass at all
D.

25. Forces always occur _____________.

A. by themselves
B. in pairs
C. as single quantities
D. in triplets

26. What happens to the acceleration if the force applied is increased three times?
A. It is doubled.
B. It is tripled.
C. It is reduced to half the original size.
D. It is reduced to one third of its original.

27. The tendency of an object to resist any change in its state of motion is called
________.
A. acceleration C. gravity
B. friction D. inertia

28. Which has the greatest inertia?

A. Airplane C. Bike
B. Bus D. Car

29. In what direction will box move if it is pushed in opposite directions by two boys
exerting different forces?
A. In the direction of the smaller force
B. In the direction of the bigger force
C. The box will stay where it is
D. The box will hardly move

30. What kind of forces should act on a body in motion for it to continue moving in
constant motion?
A. Balanced forces C. Unbalanced forces
B. Action forces D. Forces in opposite direction
 II. Write T if the statement is true and F if it is false and change the underlined
word/words to make the statement true if it is false.

1. Energy conversions are changes in the forms of energy

2. Heat energy is a form of energy from electromagnetic interactions.
3. In studying the physical world, sound energy can be of help.
4. Electrical energy is used to detect and locate underwater objects
through sonar
5.

Filling the blanks:

1. In the medical field, ultrasonic waves are applied in certain procedures. The use of
ultrasound in monitoring pregnant women is very common nowadays. _______ is
energy used in the ultrasound to function.
2.