Forces - what are they? A quiz for my Year 9 students.
Pull
Push or a pull
Push
The town where they were discovered (Newton, in England)
A scientist (Isaac Newton)
The 'ton'. They just put 'new' in front
Doesn't matter at all
Definitely matters
The weight of an apple
The weight of an adult elephant
The weight of an bus
The speed of an object, e.g. friction can slow down a car
The direction of an object, e.g. hitting a tennis ball
The shape of an object, e.g. sitting on a blowup mattress
Any of the above
A force that acts away from the Earth
A force that acts towards the centre of the Earth
A force that is only found on our planet, Earth
No
Yes
4N
5g
5N
5
The rock will slowly move you way
The rock will slowly move my way
The rock will not move at all
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