Newton's Laws of Motion

When a heavy football player and a light one run into each other, who exerts more force?

• The heavy one
• The light one
• They are equal
• there is no such thing as force

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If a ball of cheese is fired into frictionless space, the amount of force needed to keep it going equals

• twice the force with which it was fired
• the same amount of force with which it was fired
• 1/2 the force with which it was fired
• zero, since no force is requires to keep it moving. 

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Which one needs a greater net force to move, a kilogram of feathers or a kilogram of iron? 

• feathers 
• iron
• same
• depends on their friction

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If lil Wayne, who is an alien, weighs 578 Newtons on Earth and 96 Newtons on the moon, this means that his...

• mass is greater on earth.
• mass is greater on the moon.
• inertia is greater on earth and less on the moon.
• mass is the same on the moon and the earth.

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One object has twice as much mass as another object. The first object also has also twice as much...

• velocity
• gravitational acceleration
• inertia
• all of these

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One object has twice as much mass as another object. The first object also has also twice as much...

• velocity
• gravitational acceleration
• inertia
• all of these

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What pulls a ball back to earth?

• Gas
• Gravity
• Friction
• Molecules

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If a 10 kilogram object accelerates suddenly at 15 m/s², how much force was applied to the object?

• 150 Newtons
• 15 Newtons
• 150 kilograms
• 100 kilograms

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If you are an astronaut slowly drifting away from the space station, you might be able to drift back to the station by throwing a 555-kg tool rapidly in the direction that you are traveling (away from the station).Please choose from one of the following options.

• True
• False

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Which best explains why we are able to accelerate forward when starting to run?

• As one leg moves backward, it provides an equal and opposite force for the other foot to move forward.
• No acceleration takes place. Runners are always at a fixed velocity.
• The striking foot pushes backward against the ground. The friction with the ground provides an equal and opposite force forward.
• The runner's upper body quickly leans forward, causing the entire body to begin accelerating forward

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