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Year __ Science
Topic: Forces
2. Complete each sentence. Use each word from the list once: direction, pull, move, push.
a) A force can make things ________.
b) A force can also make moving things change __________________.
c) When you lift something, you ________ the object.
d) The force used by a mother walking a ________.
5. List 4 things that you would look for to tell if a force is being applied to an object.
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a) plastic bag:
b) a glass window:
c) a towel:
d) an iron nail:
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a) Identify 3 types of forces that act through contact.
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b) Identify 3 types of non-contact forces.
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c) Give the other name for ‘non-contact’ forces.
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a) Compare the size of a force shown as a long arrow with that of one shown with a short
arrow.
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b) Complete: When describing forces, you must show the d________________ of that force
add its s______________.
c) State the unit used to measure forces _______________.
13.
a) Name two instruments used to measure forces.
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b) Describe how bathroom scales work.
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14. Complete the sentences using the words provided: moves at the same speed, speeds up, slows
down, equal, unequal.
a) The forces on this bike are __________ so the bike
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16. List 4 things that you would look for to check if forces on an object are unbalanced.
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18. Draw all the forces that are acting an object that is:
a) accelerating b) decelerating
20. Explain what will happen to a car moving at constant speed if all forces acting on it are
balanced.
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21. You are abseiling down a cliff and stopped to take a breath.
a) What are the two forces acting on you? __________________________________________
b) Are they forces balanced? ____________________________________________________
a) stopping in a hurry.
b) pushing a fridge across the floor.
c) running a car engine.
d) parachuting from a plane.
25. What forces cause a bike to slow down when you stop peddling and where are those forces
acting?
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27. Match the words from the list with their meaning: hydrodynamic, weight drag, streamline,
waxing.
28. A spring balance is used to measure the force needed to pull two different blocks through the
water. Which block needs less force to pull it through water? Explain.
29. A skier hates friction but a cyclist is happy friction is there. Explain.
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34. The gravity of the Moon is only ! the gravity of Earth. Compare the mass of the moon with that
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of Earth.
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35. Arrange the diagrams in order from largest gravitational attraction to smallest.
38. Three balls were dropped at the same time. Draw where the other balls would be at the same
time as the tennis ball.