Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ___________________ Period: _______________
Physics Test Review Sheet
1. Force - __________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Net Force - _______________________________________________________________________________________________
3.
4.
Net force = _____________
Movement = ______________
Balanced or unbalanced?
Net force = _____________
Movement = ______________
Balanced or unbalanced?
5.
Net force = _____________
Movement = ______________
Balanced or unbalanced?
6. Balanced Forces -__________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Unbalanced Forces- _______________________________________________________________________________________
8. Newton’s 1st Law –
An object at ________ remains at ________ and an object moving at ______________________ remains
moving at ___________________________ until acted on by an __________________.
Example: ____________________________________________________________________________________________
9. Newton’s 2nd Law –
An object’s _________________________ is related to the ______________________acting on
the object and the object’s _________________.
Example: ____________________________________________________________________________________________
10. Newton’s 3rd Law – For every ________________ there is an ________________ but _________________ reaction.
Example: ____________________________________________________________________________________________
11. Inertia - ________________________________________________________________________________________________
12. Use the equation Acceleration = Net Force/Mass to explain:
a. What happens to acceleration when the net force increases? __________________________________________________
Example: _____________________________________________________________________________________
b. What happens to acceleration when the mass increases? _____________________________________________________
Example: _____________________________________________________________________________________
13. How does a rocket launch relate to Newton’s 3 rd law? _____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
14. Friction - _______________________________________________________________________________________________
15. Type of Friction
Description (example)
Sliding Friction
Occurs between two solid objects gliding over one another (skate on ice)
16. The strength of friction depends on what two factors?
a. _____________________________________________________
b. _____________________________________________________
17. Friction has many practical, real-world applications.
a. Where in a car is friction increased? ____________________________________________________________
a. Where in a car is friction decreased? ___________________________________________________________
18. Gravity -________________________________________________________________________________________________
19.
a. If the mass of an object increases, the gravitational pull _________________________
b. If the distance from an object increases, the gravitational pull _____________________
20. Describe how objects in free fall move? ________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
21. Does mass affect how objects in free fall move?______ How would you prove this to someone? __________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
22. Air Resistance - __________________________________________________________________________________________
23. How does air resistance affect objects in free fall? ________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
24. Use arrows and words to label the forces at work in each picture below:
25. Mass - __________________________________________________________________________________________________
26. Weight - ________________________________________________________________________________________________
27. Indicate whether this person’s mass and weight would INCREASE, DECREASE, or STAY THE SAME:
Earth
Mass
60 kg
Weight
132 lbs
Space
Mercury
Jupiter
28. Buoyant Force - _________________________________________________________________________________________
29. Use arrows and words to label the forces at work in each picture below:
30. Compression - ___________________________________________________________________________________________
Example: ____________________________________________________________________________________________
31. Tension - ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Example: ____________________________________________________________________________________________