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Grade 6 Forces and Motion Practice Test

Build Grade 6 Science skills with five 10-question practice tests on motion, speed, forces, net force, friction, gravity, mass, weight, and Newton laws.

Forces and Motion Practice Tests

These Grade 6 Science practice tests help students describe motion and explain how forces change it. Students practice reference points, distance, time, speed, pushes and pulls, net force, balanced and unbalanced forces, friction, gravity, mass, weight, inertia, and Newton laws.

Skills covered

  • Describing motion using position, distance, time, and reference points
  • Calculating and comparing simple speeds
  • Identifying contact and noncontact forces
  • Determining net force and balanced or unbalanced conditions
  • Explaining friction, gravity, mass, and weight
  • Applying basic ideas from Newton laws to everyday situations

How to use these practice tests

For motion questions, identify the reference point and compare distance with time. For force questions, include direction and compare the sizes of opposite forces. Remember that a net force of zero can describe an object at rest or moving at constant speed, while a nonzero net force changes motion.

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Grade 6 Forces and Motion Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 6 Science practice test on motion, reference points, speed, forces, net force, balanced and unbalanced forces, friction, gravity, mass, weight, and Newton laws.

Describe motion using distance and time, identify forces and their directions, calculate simple speed or net force, and explain how forces change motion.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

What is motion?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A change in position over time.

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: Motion occurs when an objects position changes compared with a reference point over time.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

Motion occurs when an objects position changes compared with a reference point over time.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a reference point used for?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is To decide whether an objects position has changed.

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: Motion is described by comparing an object with a reference point.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

Motion is described by comparing an object with a reference point.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which example shows motion?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A ball rolls from the floor to the doorway..

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: The balls position changes over time, so it is moving.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

The balls position changes over time, so it is moving.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

What is speed?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is The distance an object travels in a certain amount of time.

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: Speed compares how much distance is traveled with the time required.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

Speed compares how much distance is traveled with the time required.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

A runner travels 20 meters in 5 seconds. What is the runners speed?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is 4 meters per second.

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: Speed is distance divided by time: 20 meters divided by 5 seconds equals 4 meters per second.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

Speed is distance divided by time: 20 meters divided by 5 seconds equals 4 meters per second.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which object has the greatest speed?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is A bicycle travels 30 meters in 5 seconds..

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: The bicycle travels 6 meters per second, which is greater than the other listed speeds.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

The bicycle travels 6 meters per second, which is greater than the other listed speeds.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

What does a distance-time graph show?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is How an objects distance changes over time.

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: A distance-time graph represents the relationship between position or distance and time.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

A distance-time graph represents the relationship between position or distance and time.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What does a horizontal line on a distance-time graph usually represent?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is An object is not changing its distance from the reference point..

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: A constant distance over time indicates that the object is at rest relative to the reference point.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

A constant distance over time indicates that the object is at rest relative to the reference point.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Why can two objects have different speeds?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is They can travel different distances in the same time or the same distance in different times..

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: Speed depends on both distance and time.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

Speed depends on both distance and time.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

What information is needed to calculate speed?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Distance traveled and time taken.

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: Speed is calculated by comparing the distance traveled with the time taken.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

Speed is calculated by comparing the distance traveled with the time taken.

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Frequently asked questions about Grade 6 Forces and Motion

What topics are covered?

The page covers motion, reference points, speed, force, net force, balanced and unbalanced forces, friction, gravity, mass, weight, inertia, and Newton laws.

How should students solve force questions?

Identify every force, note its direction, combine opposite forces to find the net force, and decide whether the motion changes.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 6 Forces and Motion questions in total.