Ch. 6 Quiz Newton's LoM

An object at rest will _______ if no outside forces are applied.

• Stay at rest
• Increase Velocity
• Decrease Mass

Without any force to change it, an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion

• Newton’s first law of motion
• Newton’s second law of motion
• Newton’s third law of motion

A student pushes a box to right with a force of 10N while a young boy pushes the box to the left with a force of 8N. What is the sum of all forces on the box? 

• 18N left
• 18N right
• 2N right
• 2N left

If net force acting on object is 0, then the force is considered to be..

• Balanced
• Unbalanced
• Equal in Direction
• Distance/Time

Newton's third law states that any action will have a(n) _______ and ______ reaction

• Equal and similar
• Equal and opposite
• Equal and different
• Greater and opposite

A person is pushed forward into their seat belt when a car stops.  Which law is this?

• 1st
•  2nd
• 2 and 3
• 3rd 

What is Newton's First Law known as? The Law of

• Friction
• Mass
• Inertia
• Gravity

Which one of Newton’s Laws of Motion best explains why the dishes do not move when the table cloth is removed?

• Newton's Law of Inertia
• Newton's Law of F=ma
• Newton's Law of Force Pairs

The greater the mass of an object

• the less its inertia

• the greater its inertia
• the more balanced it is
• the easier the object is to move

It is more difficult to start a 50-kg box sliding across the floor than a 5-kg box because the 50-kg box has greater

• acceleration

• speed

• inertia

• velocity