Newton's Laws of Motion

What law is best described by inertia?

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd

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

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

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

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

When two equal forces act in opposite directions on an object, they are called ______________________.

• frictional force

• balanced force

• centripetal force

• gravitational force

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

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

• 1st Law

• 2nd Law

• 3rd Law