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
• None of them

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A person’s body is thrown outward as a car rounds a curve on a highway.

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• None of them

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

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

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A person not wearing a seatbelt flies through a car window when someone slams on the breaks because the person’s body wants to remain in continuous motion even when the car stops.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

Pushing a child on a swing is easier than pushing an adult on the same swing, because the adult has more mass.

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• None of them

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

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

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30 mph west is an example of _________.

• force

• speed

• acceleration

• velocity

A force that causes an object to slow down when it touches another object is _________.

• gravity

• friction

• inertia

• Newton

if an object stays still or continues moving at the same speed and in the same direction, it is a _______ force.

• weak

• strong

• balanced

• unbalanced

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A net force of 15 N is exerted on an encyclopedia to cause it to accelerate at a rate of 5 m/s2. Determine the mass of the encyclopedia?

•  m = 3.0 kg
• m = 4.0 kg 
• m = 3.0 ml 
• m = 30.0 g

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