Newton's Laws of Motion

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If you double the mass of an object with the same force applied, what happens to the acceleration?

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The acceleration will be cut in half.

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A book weighs 4 N. When held at rest in your hands, the net force on the book is?

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0 N.

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A 20 kg bike accelerates at 10 m/s². What is the net force?

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200 Newtons

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When a cannon fires a cannonball, which force is the reaction force?

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The cannon moving backward

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The tendency of an object to stay in motion or at rest is called

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inertia

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As the wheels of a train push down on the track, the track pushes back against the wheels. Which of Newton's laws is used to explain these forces?

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For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

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Which example best explains Newton's Third Law of Motion?

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When you sit on a chair, your body exerts a downward force on the surface of the chair, while the chair exerts an equal and upward force on your body.

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The force that draws all objects towards Earth.

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gravity

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Who invented the 3 Laws of Motion?

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Sir Isaac Newton

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Newton's first law that says an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force is also called the law of

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inertia