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Transcribed Image Text:6. Which is the best example of gravity?
A. A car hits a tree, and its motion stops.
B. A breeze blows, and a sailboat moves.
C. A person drops a ball, and it fall to the ground.
D. A book is pushed, and it moves across the table.
7. Where is the gravitational force directed as you stand on the floor?
A. backward
B. downward
C. forward
D. upward
8. How distance between two objects affects the pull of gravity?
A. The lesser the distance, the lesser the gravitational pull
between them.
B. The greater the distance, the lesser the gravitational pull
between them.
C. The greater the distance, the greater the gravitational pull
between them.
D. None of these, the gravitational pull between them depends
on their weights.
9. A baseball and a sheet of paper are dropped at the same time from
the same height. What will occur if there is no air resistance?
A. The baseball will land first.
B. The paper will float slowly through the air.
C. The baseball will float slowly through the air.
D. The baseball and the paper will land at the same time.
10. Why did a ball thrown to the air fall back to the ground?
A. Gravity caused the ball to fall.
B. Air caused the ball to fall on the ground.
C. Acceleration caused the ball to move fast.
D. The weight of the ball made it move faster.

Transcribed Image Text:1. Which of the following shows the presence of friction?
A. cars continuously roll down hills
B. things fall off on smooth surfaces
C. people stay in place as they move
D. cars stop when the driver steps on the brakes
2. Which surface will produce the least amount of friction?
A. fuzzy soccer field
B. grassy soccer field
C. gravel running track
D. smooth glass tabletop
3. The boat sailing on the sea slows down. What kind of friction is
acting on it?
A. Fluid friction
B. Rolling friction
C. Sliding friction
D. Static friction
4. Why is it easy to slip when there is water on a smooth floor?
A. The water increases the friction between your feet
floor.
and the
B. The friction between your feet and the floor changes from
kinetic to static friction.
C. The water is a lubricant and reduces the friction between
your feet and the floor.
D. The friction between your feet and the floor changes from
sliding kinetic friction to rolling kinetic friction.
5. Which of the following statements best describes friction?
A. It is a force that occurs between solids.
B. It is a force that occurs only on rough surfaces.
C. It is a force that occurs between solids and liquids.
D. It is a force that occurs when surfaces touch each other.
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