Newton's Laws Review

According to Newton’s first law of motion, a moving object that is not acted on by an unbalanced force will

• remain in motion.
• eventually come to a stop.
• change its momentum.
• accelerate.

Which law explains when a magician pulls a tablecloth out from under dishes and glasses on a table without disturbing them.

• Law 1
• Law 3

A person steps out of the boat and onto the dock.  As the person moves forward onto the dock, the boat moves backward.  Which statement best describes the backward motion of the boat as the person steps forward?

• For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
• Every mass exerts a force on every other mass.
• An object at rest tends to stay at rest.
• Friction opposes the motion of an object.

A person in car  slides to the right when going through a very sharp left turn on the highway. 

• 1st Law
• 2nd Law
• 3rd Law

An object will not have any inertia if it is __________?

• Accelerating
• Moving in a circle
• In space
• … Nonsense! All objects have inertia

 267.5 N unbalanced force applied to push a stuffed chair across the room, causing an acceleration of 4.2 m/s2. What is the mass of the chair?

• 26.75 kg
• 63.69 kg 
• 263.3 kg 
• 1123.5 kg

An empty truck and a fully loaded truck are next to each other at a traffic light. When the light turns green, the lighter truck increases speed more quickly. Which of these best explains this situations

• Newton's first law
• Newton's second law
• Newton's third law
• Conservation of momentum

F = MxA

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd

Object at rest stays at rest.

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd

Equal and Opposite

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd