CAMBRIDGE Physics Year 7

Pop Quiz – Forces and Motion

Teacher: Ms. Nurul Ain

1. A puck slides along an icy surface. What 7. Which of the following statements is
makes it slow down? true?
a) It runs out of push a) Friction is a force that only occurs
b) It rubs against the ice between solids
c) It runs out of electricity b) Friction is a force that only occurs on
rough surfaces
2. A boy sits halfway down a grassy slope. c) Friction is a force that only occurs when
What force stops him sliding down? surfaces touch each other
a) Weight
b) Gravity 8. Which of the following statements is
c) Friction false?
a) Friction can only slow things down
3. On which surface will a toy sledge travel b) Friction is never useful
the furthest? c) Friction can stop things from moving
a) Carpet
b) Polished wood 9. Air resistance and water resistance are
c) Ice both types of friction. Is this true or
false?
4. On which surface will a toy sledge travel a) True
the least distance? b) False
a) Carpet c) Neither true nor false
b) Polished wood
c) Ice 10. If you poured oil onto a wooden
surface, the friction would ...
5. Rougher surfaces have ... a) be reduced
d) greater friction b) be increased
e) less friction c) remain the same
f) the same level of friction
11. A girl stands still holding a racket on a
6. Which of the following is an example of tennis court. A ball is coming towards
trying to increase friction? her. Which two forces are balanced?
a) Squirting oil into door hinges a) Her weight and a reaction force from
b) Spreading grit on icy roads the ground
c) Waxing the underneath of skis b) Air resistance on the ball and gravity
c) The force of her opponent's hit on the
ball and air resistance
12. When an object falls, air resistance ... 19. Which of these is FALSE?
a) acts in the opposite direction to the a) A moving object carries on moving until
movement a force stops it
b) acts in the same direction as the weight b) A moving object eventually runs out of
c) does not act at all force and slows down
c) A moving object travels in a line until a
13. Weight is a force and is measured in ... force changes its direction
a) newtons
b) kilograms 20. When an object is at rest/stationary ...
c) metres a) There are no forces acting on it
b) There are forces acting on it but these
14. Where would you feel heaviest? forces are balanced
a) The Earth c) There is just one force acting on it,
b) The Moon gravity
c) You would feel equally heavy on both

15. Which of the following is TRUE?

a) Gravity only acts through air, not
through water or land
b) Gravity does not act on aeroplanes
flying in the sky
c) Gravity always acts towards the centre
of the earth

16. If gravity pulls you towards the centre

of the Earth, why don't you fall through
the pavement?
a) Because gravity doesn't act through
pavements
b) The pavement exerts an equal force in
the opposite direction
c) Because gravity runs out

17. Which gives the smallest reading on a

forcemeter?
a) An apple suspended in water
b) An apple suspended in air
c) They both give the same reading

18. Which of these is not a force?

a) Friction
b) Weight
c) Height