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For questions 1 to 8 choose the correct word from the brackets to make each sentence
correct

1. Force is measured in (newtons/ metres /stone /kilograms)

2. Your weight is a (push/force/upthrust/newtons) which pulls you (downwards/upwards)
3. We measure speed in (metres/seconds/metres per second/newtons)
4. The force that stops you slipping on the ground is called (friction / upthrust/ weight)
5. Weight is due to the (electrical/magnetic/gravitational) force of the Earth.
6. We can reduce friction in a bicycle by using (oil/paint/chrome/water) to act as
(insulation/lubrication/distillation) of the moving parts.
7. A car goes 1000m in 1 minute. It increases its speed during the next minute. This means
that it goes (further / not so far /the same distance) in a minute.
8. A car takes 3 minutes to go 1 kilometre. It then increases its speed which means that it
will go the same distance in (a longer time / a shorter time / the same time)

Complete the table by choosing words from the box to give the correct name of the forces
described.
Description Name of Force
9 A driving force created by the weight
push of a dolphin's tail. thrust
10 Upwards force created by water tension
on a body dipped into it. drag
11 A force due to gravity upthrust
lift
12 Force of resistance due to air or
water

For question 13 to 15, look at the diagram of forces on a D

car moving forward and complete the table to match up the
forces with the letters A, B c or D C
Description of Which arrow on
force the diagram? A

13 Driving force due to the B

engine
14 Weight force due to
gravity
15 Drag force due to
friction
 2000N 2000N 2000N 2000N
Use either the word increases or reduces to A
complete the description about friction in bicycles.
16. A bicycle tyre _________ friction between
the wheel and the road. Putting on the brakes
2000N 2000N 3000N
_________ friction between the brake block and
B
the wheel. Oil ___________ friction between
the wheel and the axle.

For questions 17 and 18, use the tug-of-war 2000N 3000N 2000N 2000N

diagrams . C
17. In which of the diagrams is there a resultant
(overall) force of 3000 N? A, B, C or D?
18. Which team will move to the left? A, B, C or 2000N 2000N 1000N
D? D

The diagram below shows the directions of four

forces acting on an aeroplane while it is flying.

19. What causes force W?

20. What produces force Z?
21. What happens if X and Y are equal?
22. What happens eventually to the speed of
the plane if Z becomes smaller and smaller?

A swimming dolphin travels 100 metres in 5

seconds. Fill in the gaps to find out its speed.
Use words to complete Questions 23 and 24, and numbers to complete questions 25 and 26
23. Speed = __________ divided by ________.
24. That's 100 metres divided by 5 __________
25. Speed = 100 / ______
26. So the dolphin's speed = ______ metres per second.

A runner can run a race over a distance of 500m in 100s. Use the same method in the last
question to help calculate her speed.
Use numbers to complete questions 27 and 28
27. Speed = ______ / ______
28. So the runner’s speed = ______ metres per second

A person on Earth has a mass of 75 kg and a weight of 750 N. On a planet with a force of
gravity twice as big as on Earth…..
29. what would be the mass of the person?
30. what would be the person's weight?

Well done!
Now go back and check your work to make sure you haven’t made any silly mistakes.