Moving Things Around Us Quiz - CBSE Class 5 Science

Free practice quiz: Moving Things Around Us (CBSE Class 5 Science). 20 multiple-choice questions with answers and explanations. Play online, no sign-up needed.

This CBSE Class 5 Science practice quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions on Moving Things Around Us, and 20 of them come with an explanation. Try the 5 sample questions below (tap an option to check yourself), then play the full quiz online. No sign-up needed.

Sample questions

1. What is a push or a pull on an object called?

   1. Force
   2. Energy
   3. Mass
   4. Weight
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   Answer: A. Force

   A force is any interaction that, when unopposed, will change the motion of an object. A force can cause an object with mass to change its velocity, i.e., to accelerate. Force can be described as a push or a pull on an object.

2. What happens to the motion of an object when equal forces are applied in opposite directions?

   1. Moves forward
   2. Moves backward
   3. Remains stationary
   4. Starts spinning
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   Answer: C. Remains stationary

   When equal forces are applied in opposite directions, they balance each other out, resulting in no net force. Therefore, the object remains stationary.

3. What changes in an object when a force is applied to it but it doesn’t necessarily move?

   1. Its color
   2. Its state of matter
   3. Its speed
   4. Its shape
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   Answer: D. Its shape

   When a force is applied to an object, without causing movement, it can change the shape of the object by compressing it or bending it.

4. Which of these motions is caused by a repetitive force?

   1. Rolling down a hill
   2. Swinging on a swing
   3. Running on a track
   4. Sliding on ice
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   Answer: B. Swinging on a swing

   Swinging on a swing is an example of periodic motion, caused by a repetitive force that moves the swing back and forth.

5. What describes the energy possessed by a moving object?

   1. Potential energy
   2. Kinetic energy
   3. Thermal energy
   4. Chemical energy
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   Answer: B. Kinetic energy

   Kinetic energy is the energy possessed by an object due to its motion. Any moving object has kinetic energy.

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Answers and explanations are in the full quiz.

1. Which of the following is NOT an example of a force?
2. Which force keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?
3. Why do objects fall to the ground when dropped?
4. Which type of surface creates the most friction with a rolling ball?
5. If a car speeds up, which type of force is acting on it?
6. When you push a skateboard forward, what kind of motion does it demonstrate?
7. Which force can act at a distance and does not require contact?
8. What kind of force opposes the motion of objects sliding against each other?
9. How can you reduce friction between two surfaces?
10. What happens to an object in free fall with no air resistance?
11. In which situation is friction useful?
12. If an object is moving in one direction, what is required to change its direction?
13. Which law explains how a force is needed to move or stop an object?
14. What is inertia?
15. Which force can cause an object to accelerate without touching it?

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