Original Project
Force and Motion
A force is a push or a pull between two objects.
Item FM052004: A ball does not acquire a force when it is rolled off a table.
A ball is rolled along and off a table. Which of the following acts on the ball after it leaves the table but before it hits the floor?
- Only the force of the earth’s gravity on the ball
- Only the force the ball got from being rolled off the table
- Both the force of the earth’s gravity on the ball and the force the ball got from being rolled off the table
- Neither the force of the earth’s gravity on the ball nor the force the ball got from being rolled off the table
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 1714 |
6–8 n = 1102 |
9–12 n = 612 |
Male n = 839 |
Female n = 850 |
English n = 1578 |
Other n = 100 |
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| A. | Only the force of the earth’s gravity on the ball | 26% | 28% | 21% | 28% | 24% | 26% | 27% |
| B. | Only the force the ball got from being rolled off the table | 12% | 12% | 13% | 11% | 14% | 12% | 20% |
| C. | Both the force of the earth’s gravity on the ball and the force the ball got from being rolled off the table | 56% | 53% | 62% | 56% | 56% | 57% | 44% |
| D. | Neither the force of the earth’s gravity on the ball nor the force the ball got from being rolled off the table | 6% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 9% |