The Laws of Motion

Which type of force involves two objects touching?

• Contact

• Noncontact

• Magnetic

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What will happen to an object at rest if the net force acting on it is zero?

• It will speed up

• It will stay at rest

• It will slow down

• It will start moving

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The formula acceleration = net force/mass applies to

• Newton's First Law of Motion

• Newton's Second Law of Motion

• Newton's Third Law of Motion

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An astronaut's _____ stays the same as they go from earth to space.

• Weight

• Mass

An astronaut's _____ changes as they go from earth to space.

• Weight

• Mass

• Size

The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion is called...

• force

• mass

• intertia

• momentum

A push or pull on an object is called....

• force

• direction

• mass

• inertia

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The amount of matter in an object is its...

• weight

• size

• mass

• momentum

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The measure of how hard it is to stop a moving object is...

• momentum

• inertia

• velocity

• mass

When an object moves in a circle, ______ acts perpendicular to the direction of motion.

• revolution

• rotational force

• centripetal force

• inertia