Please help! 1. What does the author explain in this passage?

The author explains the sport of soccer, using examples of current teams and players.

The author explains the importance of bike safety, using helmets as an example.

The author explains the force of friction, using different kinds of music as examples.

The author explains the idea of motion, using different sports as examples.

2. Based on the information in the passage, how can friction be described?

Friction can be described as a force that acts on an object in motion and can cause the object to speed up.

Friction can be described as the path an object takes after a force acts on it and causes it to move.

Friction can be described as a force that acts on an object in motion and can cause the object to stop.

Friction can be described as the path an object takes when a force acts on it inside a vacuum.

3. What is the passage mainly about?

the movement of an object inside a vacuum

the motion of bodies and objects

the scientific discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton

why swimmers and cyclists move at different speeds

4. Read the following sentence: “Newton suggested that objects like the soccer ball have a natural tendency to keep moving. The only reason they stop, he believed, is because an unbalanced force acts on them.”
What does the word tendency mean?

the fear of doing something or acting in a certain way

a fifty-fifty chance of something happening

the way something normally behaves or acts

a very small chance of something happening