3 Chapter Review wks

The phrase “to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction” is ______.

• Newton’s third law of motion

• terminal velocity

• projectile

• centripetal acceleration

The largest velocity reached by a falling object is its ________.

• Newton’s third law of motion

• terminal velocity

• projectile

• centripetal acceleration

A ball thrown across a football field is an example of a(n) _____.

• Newton’s third law of motion

• terminal velocity

• projectile

• centripetal acceleration

When an object moves in a circle, ______ acts to accelerate the object toward the center of that circle.

• Newton’s third law of motion

• terminal velocity

• projectile

• centripetal acceleration

When a car travels around a curve in the road, _____ helps to keep the car traveling in a curved path.

• centripetal force

• air resistance

• Newton’s second law of motion

• momentum

The force exerted by air on a moving object is called ______.

• centripetal force

• air resistance

• Newton’s second law of motion

• momentum

A net force acting on an object causes the object to accelerate in the direction of the force; this is _______.

• centripetal force

• air resistance

• Newton’s second law of motion

• momentum

A property of a moving object resulting from its mass and velocity is ______.

• centripetal force

• air resistance

• Newton’s second law of motion

• momentum

According to the ______, when a bowling ball strikes the pins, the momentum lost by the bowling ball is equal to the momentum gained by the pins.

• conservation of momentum

• Gravity

• weight

• distance

______ is the force that every object in the universe exerts on every other object.

• conservation of momentum

• Gravity

• weight

• distance