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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 a force?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A push or a pull that can change motion.

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: Forces are pushes or pulls that can change an objects speed or direction.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

Forces are pushes or pulls that can change an objects speed or direction.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Which is an example of a contact force?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is A hand pushes a box..

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: A hand pushing a box is a force that requires direct contact.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

A hand pushing a box is a force that requires direct contact.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which is a noncontact force?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Gravity.

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: Gravity acts at a distance without direct contact between the objects.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

Gravity acts at a distance without direct contact between the objects.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

What is friction?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is A force that opposes motion between surfaces in contact.

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: Friction acts against sliding or rolling motion between touching surfaces.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

Friction acts against sliding or rolling motion between touching surfaces.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Which surface would usually produce the most friction for a sliding block?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Rough sandpaper.

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: Rough surfaces have more irregularities that resist sliding.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

Rough surfaces have more irregularities that resist sliding.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

How can friction help a person walk?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is It provides grip between shoes and the ground..

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: Friction prevents the feet from sliding backward when a person pushes against the ground.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

Friction prevents the feet from sliding backward when a person pushes against the ground.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the net force on an object?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is The combined effect of all forces acting on the object.

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: Net force accounts for the size and direction of all forces on an object.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

Net force accounts for the size and direction of all forces on an object.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What happens when equal forces act in opposite directions?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is The net force is zero..

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: Equal opposite forces cancel, producing a balanced net force of zero.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

Equal opposite forces cancel, producing a balanced net force of zero.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which example shows unbalanced forces?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A stronger push moves a box to the right despite a smaller push to the left..

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: The unequal forces create a net force to the right and can change the boxes motion.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

The unequal forces create a net force to the right and can change the boxes motion.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

How can a force change an objects motion?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is It can start, stop, speed up, slow down, or change the direction of motion..

  1. Identify the motion concept: Determine the object motion, reference point, force, or data relationship described.
  2. Compare the forces or measurements: A net force can change an objects speed or direction.
  3. Check the result: Use direction, time, distance, mass, friction, or net force to confirm the answer.

A net force can change an objects speed or direction.

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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.