Physics Flashcard

Front

When Mario grabs Bowser’s tail, he spins him around. Mario is causing Bowser to accelerate towards the center of the circle.

Back

False

Front

A hypothesis is what a scientist keeps the same during each trial to make a valid experiment.

Back

False

Front

Newton’s second law states that the acceleration is inversely related to both mass and force.

Back

False

Front

If you get in a car crash, your body will continue to move forward due to inertia, which is described in Newton’s First Law. True or False?

Back

True

Front

An object at rest has

Back

inertia but no momentum.

Front

Which of the free body diagrams above represent an object with net forces equal to 5 N right? Options: A, B, C, D, E none of these

Back

B

Front

A truck driving along a highway road has a large quantity of momentum. If it moves at the same speed but has twice as much mass, its momentum is ____.

Back

doubled

Front

The vertical acceleration of a projectile has the smallest magnitude ____.

Back

...nonsense! A projectiles’ acceleration is constant.

Front

If an object is NOT accelerating, then we know for sure that it is ____.

Back

maintaining a constant velocity

Front

For any object, the greater the force that's applied to it, the greater its ____ will be.

Back

acceleration