Contact Force -Multiple Choice Questions Quiz

Question 1: What is a contact force?

(a) A force that acts at a distance without physical contact
(b) A force that acts only on stationary objects
(c) A force that requires physical contact to be exerted
(d) A force that acts only on moving objects

Question 2: Which of the following is an example of a contact force?

(a) Magnetic force between two magnets
(b) Gravitational force between Earth and the Moon
(c) Friction between a book and a table
(d) Electric force between two charged particles

Question 3: Which contact force is responsible for the buoyancy of objects in a fluid?

(a) Tension force
(b) Normal force
(c) Buoyant force
(d) Applied force

Question 4: When you push a box across the floor, which type of contact force are you exerting?

(a) Tension force
(b) Normal force
(c) Applied force
(d) Magnetic force

Question 5: What type of contact force do we experience while walking on the ground?

(a) Frictional force
(b) Magnetic force
(c) Gravitational force
(d) Elastic force

Question 6: When you compress a spring, what type of contact force are you applying?

(a) Gravitational force
(b) Tension force
(c) Elastic force
(d) Normal force

Question 7: A person sitting on a chair exerts a _____ on the chair.

(a) Magnetic force
(b) Normal force
(c) Tension force
(d) Applied force

Question 8: Which contact force is responsible for the stretching of a rubber band?

(a) Frictional force
(b) Gravitational force
(c) Tension force
(d) Buoyant force

Question 9: When two pieces of paper stick together, which force is at play?

(a) Normal force
(b) Magnetic force
(c) Tension force
(d) Adhesive force

Question 10: A person pushing a stalled car is an example of _____.

(a) Gravitational force
(b) Applied force
(c) Magnetic force
(d) Normal force

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Answer key:

Question 1: c

Question 2: c

Question 3: c

Question 4: c

Question 5: a

Question 6: c

Question 7: b

Question 8: c

Question 9: d

Question 10: b