Newton's Laws Extended Day

Newton's Laws Extended Day

Multiple Choice

A woman is driving her car and needs to suddenly break because a deer crosses her path. When she slams on her breaks, she flies forward, only being stopped by her seatbelt restraint.

• 1st Law of Inertia

• 2nd Law of Acceleration

• 3rd Law of Action-Reaction

Multiple Choice

A rocket is launching on a mission to the International Space Station. Upon takeoff, a large jet of fire comes from the bottom of the spacecraft towards the ground. The rocket then begins to move towards the sky.

• 1st Law of Inertia

• 2nd Law of Acceleration

• 3rd Law of Action-Reaction

Multiple Choice

Jessie's class is going on a field trip to a science museum 30 miles from her school. When the school bus merges onto the freeway, the speed of the bus suddenly increases and Jessie is pushed into the back of her seat.

• 1st Law of Inertia

• 2nd Law of Acceleration

• 3rd Law of Action-Reaction

Multiple Choice

A large semi-truck carrying a heavy load and a small sports car both stop at a red light. The sports car requires less force to stop at the light than the large truck.

• 1st Law of Inertia

• 2nd Law of Acceleration

• 3rd Law of Action-Reaction

Multiple Choice

Ms. Johnson has a Newton's Cradle on her desk at work. This device consists of a series of metal hanging spheres from a support. When you lift and release one of the spheres at the end, the spheres in the middle do not more, but instead it causes one at the other end to bounce up. This process repeats until resisting forces like friction cause it to stop.

• 1st Law of Inertia

• 2nd Law of Acceleration

• 3rd Law of Action-Reaction

Multiple Choice

Sammy and Lorita complete a lab where they are hanging objects of different masses on a spring scale. They then record the force in newtons exerted by each object.

• 1st Law of Inertia

• 2nd Law of Acceleration

• 3rd Law of Action-Reaction

Multiple Choice

As a stunt, performers sometimes use a table, set with a tablecloth and dishes, and pull the tablecloth out from under the dishes. When performed correctly, the dishes on the table stay in place. Which best explains why the dishes remain in place instead of being pulled off with the tablecloth?

• The mass of the dishes is so great that they have no acceleration

• The table cloth applied an equal and opposite force onto the dishes.

• The dishes were at rest because no unbalanced forces acted upon them.

• The velocity of the dishes increased.

Multiple Choice

Monica is riding her favorite roller coaster at the amusement park. During a drop, Monica is pushed back into her seat with great force. Which of Newton's Laws of Motion BEST describes why this is happening?

• Newton's First Law

• Newton's Second Law

• Newton's Third Law

• None of Newton's Laws describe this scenario

Multiple Choice

Joey says that in a go cart race where equal force was being applied to each go cart, he would want a heavier go cart so that it would accelerate faster. Is Joey's statement TRUE?

• Yes, because the more massive object will have more force

• No, because both go carts would have the same acceleration because they have the same force.

• Yes, because the more massive object will have a greater acceleration

• No, because with equal forces applied each go cart, the cart with smaller mass will have greater acceleration.

Multiple Choice

An octopus can through water by sucking in water quickly and ejecting it from a siphon. As the water sprays out of the siphon, the octopus is propelled foward. Which of Newton's Laws of Motion BEST describes why this is happening?

• Newton's First Law

• Newton's Second Law

• Newton's Third Law

• None of Newton's Laws describe the scenario