Grade 7 - Science-Physics — Test Paper-3
Forces
Student Name: __________________________ Teacher Name: __________________________
I. Choose the Correct Answer: [10× 1=10]
1. Which is NOT a unit of force?
A. Dyne
B. Joules
C. Newton
D. Pound
2. What refers to how large or strong is the force?
a) magnitude
b) line of action
c) velocity of the object
d) direction of the force
3. What force is always directed opposite to the motion of an object?
A. Friction
B. Gravitational
C. Magnetic
D. Tension
4. What force pulls an object back to the Earth?
A. Applied
B. Gravitational
C. Magnetic
D. Tension
5. Which surface would be easiest for a bicycle to move?
A. Sand
B. Grass
C. Muddy road
D. Concrete road
6. What type of forces holds between two celestial bodies like the Sun and Earth?
A. Applied
B. Gravitational
C. Magnetic
D. Tension
7. What force acts perpendicular to the surface of the object in contact with?
A. Applied
B. Gravitational
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C. Normal
D. Tension
8. Two people pull on a rope in a tug-of-war. Each pull with a 300 N force.
What is the net force?
A. ON
B. 300 N
C. 600 N
D. 900 N
9. Planet Jupiter has a bigger mass than the Earth. If you Were able to travel to
planet Jupiter, what happens to your weight?
A. Increases
B. decreases
C. stays the same
D. varies with day and night
10. What is the net force in the figure below?
A. 25 N, to the left
B. 25 N, to the right
C. 195 N, to the left
D. 195 N, to the right
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II. Answer all the questions.
1. a) What is inertia?
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b) What property of an object determines how much inertia it has?
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c) Which of the following has more inertia?
(i). Bowling ball or Tennis ball
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(ii). Hammer or Feather
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d) When traveling in a car and turning to the right, which way does your body go and why?
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[Total 6]
2.
a) What is friction?
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b) List the four types of friction.
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[Total 4]
3.
a) If suddenly the force of gravity of the sun stopped acting on the planets, in what
kind of path would the planets move?
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b) (i) What is the net force acting on a 10 kg freely falling object?
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(ii) What is the net force when it encounters 15 N of air resistance?
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(iii) How much air resistance does it experience when it falls at terminal velocity?
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c) An elevator (mass = 1000 kg) is supported by a single cable.
i)When the elevator is at rest, what is the tension in the cable?
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ii) The elevator starts to move upwards at 1m/s2. Is the scale reading more, less,
or the same?
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iii)When the elevator is ascending upward at a constant speed, is the tension
more, less, or the same as (a)?
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iv)The elevator begins to slow as it reaches the proper floor. Is the tension more,
less, or the same as (a)?
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v) The elevator now starts to descend at an increasing speed. Is the tension
more, less, or the same as (a)?
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vi) If the cable snapped and the elevator fell freely, what would be the
tension?
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d) If a 64 kg person were standing on an elevator that was accelerating at 2.7 m/s 2
in the upward direction, what would be the apparent weight of the person?
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[Total 13]
4.
a) What is the momentum of a 20-kg dog running at a speed of 8m/s?
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b) Suppose you have two toy cars. Each has a mass of 0.04 kg. The cars have tape on
their bumpers that will cause them to couple together. One car is stopped on the
track. The other car, traveling at a velocity of 4m/s, hits the first car. What is the
momentum of the coupled cars?
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c) What is momentum?
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d) Describe the law of conservation of momentum.
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[Total 5]
5.
a) Centripetal force
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b) What is Newton's Third Law of Motion?
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c) How does a satellite rotate?
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[Total 5]
6. The figure below shows the forces acting on a child who is balancing on a pogo stick.
The child and pogo stick are not moving.
a. The downward force of the child on the spring is equal to the upward force of the spring on
the child.
This is an example of which one of Newton’s Laws of motion.
First Law Second Law Third Law
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b. Complete the sentence. Use an answer from the box
elastic potential gravitational potential kinetic
The compressed spring stores .......................................... energy.
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c. The child has a weight of 343 N.
Gravitational field strength = 9.8 N / kg
Write down the equation which links gravitational field strength, mass and weight.
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d. Calculate the mass of the child.
Mass = ...................................................………………………………………………………………………………kg [2]
[Total 5]
7. a) Match velocity−time graph to the statement describing the motion shown by the graph.
[2]
b) Use the correct answer from the box to complete the sentence.
energy momentum speed
The velocity of an object includes both the .................................................. of the object and the
direction the object is moving. [1]
c)
At the start of a race, a horse accelerates from a velocity of 0 m / s to a velocity of 9 m / s in 4
seconds.
(i) Calculate the acceleration of the horse.
Acceleration =......................................................................................................................... m / s 2[2]
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(ii) When the horse accelerates, what, if anything, happens to the air resistance acting
against the horse?
Choose the answer. [1]
a. The air resistance decreases.
b. The air resistance is constant.
c. The air resistance increases.
[Total 6]
8.
In the diagrams below, free-body diagrams showing the forces acting upon an 85-kg skydiver
(equipment included) are shown.
For each case, use the diagrams to determine the net force and acceleration of the skydiver at each
instant in time.
a)
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b)
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c)
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d)
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[Total 8]
Answers
I. Choose the correct answer
1. B
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. D
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6. B
7. C
8. A
9. A
10. B
II. Answer all the questions
1. a)
The resistance of any physical object to any change in its state of motion
b)
Mass
c)
(i). Bowling ball
(ii). Hammer
d)
Imagine that you are a passenger in a car which is making a right-hand turn. As the car begins to take
the turn to the right, you often feel as though you are sliding to the left. The car is turning to the
right due to the inward force, yet you feel as though you are being forced leftward or outward. In
actuality, the car is beginning its turning motion (to the right) while you continue in a straight-line
path.
2.
a)
The resistance FORCE that one surface or object encounters when moving over another; slowing
or preventing an object’s motion between two surfaces.
b)
a) STATIC friction: FRICTION AT REST
b) SLIDING friction: FRICTION AS SURFACES SLIDE ACROSS EACH OTHER
c) ROLLING friction: USE OF WHEELS, CYLANDERS, BALL BEARINGS, ETC.
d) FLUID friction: FRICTION INVOLVING LIQUIDS OR GASES.
3.
a)
The planets would head off in a straight line path in the same direction they were
moving when gravity turned off
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b) (i) 98N, because free-fall means without air friction
(ii)
83N
(iii)
98N, because terminal velocity means constant acceleration
c)
i)9800N
ii)
More
iii)
Same as
iv)
Less
v)
Less
vi)
0 N
c)
F = mg a = F/m 627.2 + 172.8 =
F = (64)(9.8) 2.7 = F/64 App Weight = 800 N
F = 627.2 N actual weight F = 172.8 N Net force
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4.
a) 20(8)=160 kg•m/s
b) (0.04kg•4m/s) + (0.04kg•0m/s) = 0.16kg•m/s
(0.04kg•2m/s) + (0.04kg•2m/s) =0.16kg•m/s
c) the product of an object mass and velocity
d) rule that in the absence of outside forces, the total momentum of objects that
interact does not change.
5.
a) a force that causes an object to move in a circular path.
b) An object that exerts a force upon a second object and the second object will do the
same and exert a force a force of equal strength in the opposite direction on the first object.
C) Satellites travel in orbit in a circular rotation. They continuously fall to earth. Because the
earth is curved, the satellites travel around it.
6.
a) Third Law
(b) elastic potential
(c) weight = mass × gravitational field strength
accept gravity for gravitational field strength.
accept W = mg
accept correct rearrangement ie mass = weight / gravitational field strength or m = W / g
(d) 343 = m × 9.8
m = 343 / 9.8
m = 35
7.
a)
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b) speed
m
c) (i) 2.25 2
s
(ii) the air resistance increases
8.
a)
The Fnet = 833 N, down and the a = 9.8 m/s/s, down
a = (Fnet / m) = (833 N) / (85 kg) = 9.8 m/s/s
b)
The Fnet = 483 N, down and the a = 5.68 m/s/s, down
a = (Fnet / m) = (483 N) / (85 kg) = 5.68 m/s/s
c)
The Fnet = 133 N, down and the a = 1.56 m/s/s, down
a = (Fnet / m) = (133 N) / (85 kg) = 1.56 m/s/s
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d)
The Fnet = 0 N and the a = 0 m/s/s
a = (Fnet / m) = (0 N) / (85 kg) = 0 m/s/s.
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