Starter quiz
- Forces (pushes and pulls) cannot be seen. So how do we represent forces in diagrams?
- We do not draw anything to represent forces.
- Forces are represented using circles.
- Forces are represented using arrows. ✓
- Forces are represented using crosses.
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- ______ arrows are used to represent forces in diagrams.
- 'force' ✓
- What is needed to draw straight lines of a set length?
- pencil and ruler ✓
- protractor and ruler
- pencil and protractor
- ink pen and ruler
- pencil
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- If a 5 N force was drawn 5 cm long, how would you draw a 10 N force?
- 1 cm long
- 5 cm long
- 10 cm long ✓
- 15 cm long
- 10 m long
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- What direction do you think arrows used to represent forces should be drawn?
- pointing up
- pointing down
- pointing in the direction the force acts ✓
- pointing in the opposite direction to the direction the force acts
- pointing to the object the force acts on
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- What direction do gravitational forces act?
- vertically upwards in a diagram
- vertically downwards in a diagram
- towards the centre of Earth ✓
- towards the surface of Earth
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