Chapter 3 Review: Newton's Laws

According to Newton's first law of motion, an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by a ________.

• friction

• velocity

• gravity

• force

Newton's second law of motion states that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the ________ applied to it and inversely proportional to its ________.

• force, mass

• speed, acceleration

• distance, time

• velocity, time

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What is the formula for calculating force?

• force = mass / acceleration

• force = mass + acceleration

• force = mass - acceleration

• force = mass x acceleration

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According to Newton's third law of motion, for every action, there is an equal and opposite ________.

• force

• reaction

• motion

• energy

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What is the SI unit of force?

• Newton

• Second

• Meter

• Kilogram

An object with a mass of 5 kg is subjected to a force of 10 N. What is its acceleration?

• 50

• 0.5

• 2

• 20

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The __________ is the combination of all the forces acting on an object.

• 1. direction of motion

• 1. force pair

• inertia

• 1. net force

  
  

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__________ measures an object's tendency to resist changing its motion.

• Acceleration

• Gravity

• Inertia

• Mass

A(n) __________ is a push or a pull that one body exerts on another.

• acceleration

• force

• motion

• velocity

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An example of friction is __________.

• a car rolling to a stop at a traffic light

• a baseball moving in projectile motion

• a tree standing in a field

• the free fall of astronauts on the space shuttle

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