Summative Test

2017-2018

Choose the letter of the correct answer in the given choices.

1. Which direction does friction travel?

a. Same direction of your body c. from the side
b. Opposite direction of your body d. upwards, from your feet
2. What kind of friction occurs when objects are not moving?
a. Rolling friction c. Sliding friction
b. Fluid friction d. Static friction
3. What kind of friction occurs when an object rolls over a surface?
a. Sliding friction c. Fluid friction
b. Rolling friction d. Static friction
4. Which is TRUE in the statement
a. Rolling friction is occurs when solid surfaces slide to each other.
b. Rolling friction is a force that tries to slow objects down when they moved through
liquid or gas
c. Rolling friction occurs between surfaces in motion which one of the surfaces is a wheel,
roller or ball.
d. Rolling Friction that occurs when the surfaces in contact and are at rest.
5. What kind of friction occurs when an object moves through a liquid or gas?
a. Rolling friction c. Static friction
b. Fluid friction d. Sliding friction
6. What kind of friction occurs when solid surfaces slide over each other?
a. Static friction c. Sliding friction
b. Fluid friction d. Fluid friction
7. What type of friction occurs when you ride a bike through a mud puddle?
a. Rolling frictionc. Static friction
b. Fluid frictiond. Sliding friction
8. What is one way you could reduce the friction between two surfaces?
a. Put sand on the surfacesc. Allow surface to rust
b. Put oil on the surfacesd. Put salt on the surfaces
9. Who is a well-known scientist discovered gravity?
a. Isaac Newton c. Aristotle
b. Charles Darwin d. Albert Einstein
10. The four types of friction are:
a. rolling, sliding, combining, fluid c. sliding, fluid, static, rolling
b. rolling, sliding, falling, static d. sliding, fluid, writing, static
11. What is friction?
a. A measure of the force of gravity on an object.
b. The force that accelerated objects toward Earth.
c. The force that one surfaces exerts on another when they rub together.
d. The kind of friction that slows a falling object.
12. What would fall FIRST on the ground?
a. hammer c. feather
b. paper d. pencil
13. It is a planet where people and animals lived?
a. Mars c. Earth
 b. Jupiter d. Sun
14. If the person is weighing 150 pounds on Earth what would be his/her weight on the moon?
a. 250 pounds c. 255 pounds
b. 25 pounds d. 20 pounds
15. What is gravity?
a. any object that falls on the ground c. ability to do work
b. outer most layer of the Earth d. basic unit of living things
16. The moon’s gravitational pull is _____ of Earth’s gravitational pull
a. 1/5 c. 1/7
b. 1/6 d. 1/8
17. What MUST you do before crossing a road?
a. don’t do anything c. texting
b. stop, look and listen d. just continue walking
18. How many lights are there on a traffic signal?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
19. Red light means
a. stop c. wait
b. start d. dance
20. Before crossing the road, we should always check..
a. traffic lights c. both sides off the road
b. all vehicles have stopped d. all off the above

Write T if the statement is TRUE and F if the statement is FALSE.

_____21. Always wear your seat belt and ensure that your passengers do the same.
_____22. Always drive on the left.
_____23. Drive at a safe speed and always observe the speed limit.
_______24. Use a mobile phone while driving.
_______25. Follow other vehicles at a safe distance.