Newton's Laws QUIZ

The tendency of an object to resist changes in its motion is...

• inertia
• force
• acceleration
• velocity

An automobile you are riding in suddenly stops, but you continue to go forward.

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

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You push against a wall and the wall is pushing back on you.

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

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A sled sliding on a flat, icy surface with a constant velocity is best described by

• Newton’s first law of motion for objects at rest.
• Newton’s first law of motion for objects in motion.
• Newton’s second law of motion.
• Newton’s third law of motion.

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

A picture is hanging on a wall and does not move.

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

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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.

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

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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 inertia.

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

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Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a mass. The greater the mass (of the object being accelerated) the greater the amount of force needed (to accelerate the object).

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

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This law is often called "the law of inertia."

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