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The document is a worksheet focused on forces, mass, and weight, containing various exercises and questions related to types of forces, Newton's laws, and calculations involving mass and weight. It includes fill-in-the-blank questions, multiple-choice questions, and problems requiring calculations of force, mass, and acceleration. The worksheet aims to reinforce understanding of fundamental physics concepts related to forces and their effects.

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Worksheet Forces 4

Types of Force
1. Name the following:

i) A force that tries to slow things down when two things rub together -

ii) A force from water that pushes things up-

iii) A force that tries to slow things that are moving through air-

iv) When two forces working in opposite directions are not the same strength-

v) The force of attraction between two objects-

vii) A push or a pull-

viii) A piece of equipment containing a spring that is used to measure forces-

ix) They can attract and repel each other. They also attract things made of iron-
2. Choose the right answer as per the figure given:

A. The forces shown above are PUSHING / PULLING forces.


B. The forces shown above are WORKING TOGETHER / OPPOSITE FORCES.
C. The forces are EQUAL / NOT EQUAL.
D. The forces DO / DO NOT balance each other.
E. The stronger force is pulling to the RIGHT / LEFT.
F. The weaker force is pulling to the RIGHT / LEFT.
G. Motion is to the RIGHT / LEFT.

3. Circle the best answer on the line provided.

i) If an object starts to accelerate, ______________.

a. a balanced force is acting on it c. velocity is acting on it


b. gravity is acting on it d. an unbalanced force is acting on it

ii) When forces are balanced, the total force ____.

a. is greater than the sum of the forces c. is negative


b. is zero d. is equal to the largest force

iii) A force is which one of these?


a. a push b. a push or pull c. a pull d. none of these

iv) Force is measured in which units?

a. kilograms b. newtons c. degrees d. m/s2

4.Give two examples of a pushing force AND two examples of a pulling force:

Pushing Force

Pulling Force
MASS AND WEIGHT
1) Complete the following sentences:

a) The ______ of an object is the amount of matter it contains.

b) Weight is the force of ____ pulling down on an object.

c) The formula that connects mass and weight is ____ _

d) Mass is measured in __________

e) Weight changes because of __________

f) There is no force of gravity in ________

g)

2) In what units are the following measured?

Force -
mass -
weight -
gravitational field strength-

3) What is the weight of an object whose mass is 35 grams?

4) A man has a mass of 70 kg. What is his weight?

5) What is the weight of a woman whose mass is 65 kg:

a) On earth?

b) On the moon? (g on the moon is 1.6 N/kg)

6) A man weighs 870 N on earth.

a) What is his mass?

b) What does he weigh on the moon?

Newton’s 1st Law


1) In each of the following situations a body is shown at rest under the action of
certain forces. Find the magnitudes of the unknown forces X and Y.
2) A car moves along a level road at a constant velocity of 22 m/s. If its engine is
exerting a forward force of 500 N, what resistance is the car experiencing?

3) In each of the following situations a body is shown moving with constant velocity v
under the action of certain forces. Find the magnitudes of the unknown forces X
and Y.

Newton's Second Law

1) Find the acceleration produced when a body of mass 5 kg experiences a resultant


force of 10 N.

2) Find the resultant force that would give a body of mass 3 kg an acceleration of 2 m /
2
s

2
3) A resultant force of 24 N causes a body to accelerate at 3 m / s . Find the mass
of the body.
4) Find the acceleration produced when a body of mass 100 g experiences a
resultant force of 5 N.

5) A car of mass 600kg moves along a level road with an acceleration of 3m/s2. If
its engine is exerting a forward force of 2000N, what resistance is the car
experiencing.

6) A man pushes his child in a grocery cart. The total mass of the cart and child is
30.0 kg. If the force of friction on the cart is 15 N, how hard does the man have
to push so that the cart accelerates at 1.5 m/s2.

7) A car travels a distance of 24 m whilst uniformly accelerating from rest to 12 m/s.


a) Find the acceleration of the car.
b) If the car has a mass of 600 kg find the magnitude of the accelerating force.

8) A body of mass 500 g experiences a resultant force of 3 N. Find:


a) the acceleration produced.

b) the distance travelled by the body whilst increasing its speed from 1 m/s to 7 m/s.

9) Suppose that a sled is accelerating at a rate of 2m/s2 .If the net force is tripled and
mass is doubled, then what is the new acceleration of the sled?
10) Suppose that a sled is accelerating at a rate of 2m/s2.If the net force is tripled and
mass is halved then what is the the new acceleration of the sled?

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