Friction Quizzes & Trivia

It's a cold day. You walk down the road and you can see your breath in front of your face, making little clouds. You forgot to pack your gloves, so what can you do to warm your hands up? It's simple, you rub them together. You just used friction! Friction is everywhere, it's the bane of scientists that want to create perpetual motion...but why? If you know, then it's time to rub your hands together in preparation for this buzzing quiz!

With questions about surviving on a desert island, to why race cars are so smooth and close to the ground, you're bound to get some questions that will rub you the wrong way...but don't react, or else you might just burst into flames! See if you know your friction from your fiction and factions! It's time to get all fired up! Take the quiz and you'll feel a lot warmer inside!

Questions: 18 | Attempts: 1628 | Last updated: Apr 10, 2020

Sample Question
Which direction does Friction act?

Same

Opposite

Types Of Friction

Questions: 6 | Attempts: 2502 | Last updated: Feb 27, 2018

Sample Question
What type of friction is keeping this box from moving down the sloped incline?

Sliding

Rolling

Static

Fluid

Friction: Science Trivia Facts! Quiz

We generate friction almost every day when you think about it because judging by its definition, friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, or any other types of surfaces like fluid layers, or when...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 248 | Last updated: Aug 20, 2019

Sample Question
How many types of friction are there in total?

3

4

6

5

Mechanical Advantage Of The Machine

Complete each question below. Each question is worth (4pts). Once completed check your score and review the test. If there is a question on the score please print out the test, mark the question of issue and...

Questions: 25 | Attempts: 163 | Last updated: May 4, 2018

Sample Question
___________ is the process of using a tap or die to produce spiral mating surfaces for the purpose of providing mechanical tension between two mating parts.

Turning

Forging

Threading

Annealing

Laws Of Dry Friction! Trivia Questions Quiz

Dry Friction occurs on dry or rough surfaces and with the help of solid objects. It sometimes necessitates the action of humans to generate any type of motion. It is done when we move things around in our new apartment, it is...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 115 | Last updated: Oct 4, 2019

Sample Question
How can one define dry friction?

It's a force that opposes the relative lateral motion of 2 solid surfaces in contact

It's pressure between the relative lateral motion of 2 solid surfaces in contact

It's a force that mixes the relative lateral motion of 2 solid surfaces in contact

It's a force that joins the relative lateral motion of 2 solid surfaces in contact

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Friction Questions & Answers

Can you match the following?

Static Friction Rolling Friction Sliding Friction Fluid Friction