Newton's Laws

A magician pulls a tablecloth out from under dishes and glasses on a table without disturbing them.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law

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A person not paying attention while skateboarding hits a rock. The skateboard stops...they don't.

• The Law of Inertia
• The Law of Acceleration
• The Law of Conservation of Momentum

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Pushing a child on a swing is easier than pushing an adult on the same swing, because the adult has more mass and requires more force to accelerate.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law

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A student leaves a pencil on a desk and the pencil stays in the same spot until another student picks it up.

• Law of Inertia
• Law of Acceleration
• Law of Conservation of Momentum

This person bought coffee and put it on the seat next to them. If they stopped quickly and the coffee spilled which law would that represent?

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law

When you step on a Lego. You push on the Lego and the Lego pushes back on you.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law

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The resistance of an object to any change in its motion is called ______________________.

• inertia

• friction

• gravity

• weight

According to Newton’s second law of motion, force is equal to mass times ______________________.

• inertia

• weight

• acceleration

• direction

What law is best described by inertia?

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd

The picture is an example of Newton's...

• 1st Law

• 2nd Law

• 3rd Law