Name: _________________

Date: ____________

Forces Test
1. Circle True or False:
a) A force can make something move.
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F
b) Gravity pushes you down to the earth.
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F
c) Muscular force can be a pushing or pulling force.
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F
e) The force that makes things float is buoyancy.
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F
f) Friction can slow down moving objects.
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F
2. Fill in the blank to identify the force being described
using the words in the box.
Buoyancy

Muscular Force

Friction

Gravity

Magnetic Force

a) The force that pulls objects towards the earth:

b) The push or pull that happens when a human uses energy:
c) The push or pull that happens when magnetic poles come
together:

d) The force caused by two objects rubbing together:

e) The force that pushes objects upwards in water or air:

3. Name a type of force and draw an example of it in

action in daily life.

4. List one situation when you would want to increase
friction and one when you would want to decrease
friction.
Increase Friction
Friction

Decrease

8. Give an example of safety device that protects people

from a force? Name the force and tell how the safety
device keeps us safe.