Historical Figures Review Questions by Ms. Sauler

What was Aristotle's misconception regarding the motion of heavy objects?

• Heavy objects fall at the same rate as light objects.

• Heavy objects fall faster due to a stronger force.

• Heavy objects resist falling due to their nature.

• Heavy objects move upward instead of falling.

What was Aristotle's misconception about initiating and maintaining motion?

• He believed objects move on their own without any external force.

• He believed that continuous force was necessary to initiate and maintain motion.

• He believed motion was purely random and unpredictable.

• He believed objects only move when influenced by air and fire.

What did Galileo introduce to explain why objects continue to move in the absence of an external force?

• Constant pushing

• Inertia

• Friction

• Gravity

In contrast to Aristotle's view, what did Galileo assert about the necessity of force in horizontal motion?

• Force is required for horizontal motion.

• Friction is the primary force in horizontal motion.

• Objects in horizontal motion experience constant acceleration.

• No force is needed for horizontal motion.

During a science fair, Scarlett, Priya, and Zoey were discussing the contributions of various scientists to the scientific method. They started discussing Sir Isaac Newton. What was Sir Isaac Newton's role in the development of the scientific method?

• He rejected the scientific method entirely.

• He played a pivotal role in establishing the scientific method.

• Newton was indifferent to the scientific method.

• He followed the scientific method established by Galileo.

According to Newton's laws of motion, what is 'inertia'?

• A force is needed to initiate motion.

• The tendency of objects to resist motion changes.

• The force applied to maintain motion.

• The product of mass and acceleration.