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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Rockets are launched into space using jet propulsion where exhaust accelerates out from the rocket and the rocket accelerates in an opposite direction.

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

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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 soccer ball accelerates more than a bowling ball when thrown with the same force.

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

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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

What law is best described by inertia?

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd

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F = MxA

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd

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What is the net force?

• 400 N Up
• 400 N Down
• - 400 N Down
• 800 N Down

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What is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion?

• coffee
• motion
• inertia
• gravity