Quiz about U5.2P Identifying Newton's Laws of Motion

Question 1

Identify which law applies.

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Newton's 3rd law of motion

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

Question 2

Identify which law applies.

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

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Newton's 3rd law of motion

Question 3

Identify which law applies.

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 3rd law of motion

Question 4

Identify which law applies.

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Newton's 3rd law of motion

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

Question 5

Identify which law applies.

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 3rd law of motion

Question 6

Identify which law applies.

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

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Newton's 3rd law of motion

Question 7

Identify which law applies.

Accepted Answer

Newton's 3rd law of motion

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

Question 8

Identify which law applies.

Accepted Answer

Newton's 3rd law of motion

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

Question 9

Identify which law applies.

Accepted Answer

Newton's 3rd law of motion

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

Question 10

Identify which law applies: the pin will remain at rest until a force acts on it.

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

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Newton's 3rd law of motion

Question 11

You are waiting in line to use the diving board at your local pool. While watching people dive into the pool from the board, you realize that using a diving board to spring into the air before a dive is a good example of which Newton's law?

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Newton's 3rd law of motion

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

Question 12

Your shopping cart has a mass of 65 kilograms. In order to accelerate the shopping cart down an aisle at 0.3 m/sec², which Newton's laws of motion will help you calculate the force you would need to apply to the cart?

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 3rd law of motion

Question 13

Identify which law applies: You dribble a basketball while walking on a basketball court.

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Newton's 3rd law of motion

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

Question 14

Identify the law: It is easier to push an empty cart in a supermarket than it is to push a loaded one.

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 3rd law of motion

Question 15

Identify the law: To dislodge ketchup from the bottom of a ketchup bottle, it is often turned upside down and thrusted downward at high speeds and then abruptly halted.

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

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Newton's 3rd law of motion

Question 16

Identify the law: Helicopters create lift by pushing air down, thereby experiencing an upward reaction force.

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Newton's 3rd law of motion

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

Question 17

Identify the law: A cyclist can freewheel for a very long way without pedaling, if the road is smooth, and the bicycle wheels have good bearings and are well oiled so there is very little friction.

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

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Newton's 3rd law of motion

Question 18

Identify the law: Birds and airplanes also fly by exerting force on the air in a direction opposite that of whatever force they need. For example, the wings of a bird force air downward and backward to get lift and move forward.

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Newton's 3rd law of motion

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Newton's 1st law of motion

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

Question 19

Identify the law: As a child springs upward from a trampoline, an upward force acts on his/her feet resulting in an acceleration. The force exerted by the child on the trampoline is equal but opposite in direction to the force exerted by the trampoline on the child.

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Newton's 2nd law of motion

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Newton's 3rd law of motion

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Newton's 1st law of motion

U5.2P Identifying Newton's Laws of Motion

21 questions

Identify which law applies.

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Identify which law applies.

Identify which law applies: the pin will remain at rest until a force acts on it.

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