Newton's 2nd Law Practice Problems

What is Newton's 2nd Law?

• Every action has an equal and opposite reaction

• An object at rest stays at rest, an object in motion stays in motion.

• Force is dependent on the mass and acceleration of an object.

• Friction

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What unit do we measure force in?

• Kilometer/hr

• Joules

• Seconds

• Newtons

True or False. 800 N = 800 kg ⋅ m/s²

• True

• False

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If the net force is equal to zero, the forces acting on the object are

• balanced

• unbalanced

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What is the net force?

• 40 N left

• 400 N right

• 0 N Balanced

• 40 N right

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The larger the mass you have the _____ force you need to change its motion.

• more
• less

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As force applied to a textbook increases, what happens to its acceleration?

• Stays the same
• Increases
• Decreases
• Opens

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If you increase the mass on an object, its acceleration

• decreases
• stays the same
• also increases
• stops

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Will it take more force to push an empty shopping cart or a shopping cart that is full?

• The empty shopping cart
• The full shopping cart
• They will take the same amount of force

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If the man pushes with an equal amount of force, which object will accelerate more?

• Car because it has more mass

• Lawnmower because it has less mass

• Car because it has less mass

• Lawnmower because it has more mass

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