Newton's Laws Review

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A group of students is playing tug-of-war. The students on both sides of the rope are pulling with equal force so that the rope is not moving. This is an example of ____.

• unbalanced forces
• balanced forces
• acceleration
• displacement

A firefighter feels the hose pushing backwards onto him as he uses it to put out a fire. What is the most likely cause of this?

• The hose material is very elastic.
• Since the hose is at rest, it tends to stay at rest.
• The force exerted on the water equals the mass of the water times its acceleration.
• The escaping water exerts an equal and opposite force on the hose.

The upward force on an object falling through the air is ___.

• air resistance
• momentum
• inertia
• gravity

The relationship among mass, force, and acceleration is explained by ___.

• Law of Conservation of Momentum
• Newton's 1st Law of Motion
• Newton's 2nd Law of Motion
• Newton's 3rd Law of Motion

"To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" describes which law?

• Law of Conservation of Momentum
• Newton's 1st Law of Motion
• Newton's 2nd Law of Motion
• Newton's 3rd Law of Motion

According to Newton's laws, for any object, the greater the force that's applied to it, the greater its ___ will be.

• acceleration
• inertia
• gravity
• size

The ___ of an object does not change, but it’s ______ can, based on its location.

• mass, volume
• mass, weight
• weight, mass
• weight, volume