Amazing Race: Newton's 2nd Law

A change in velocity over time is called ___________.

• speed
• force
• acceleration
• direction

1 kg multiplied by 1 m/s² can also be expressed as 1 __________.

• direction
• mass
• kilogram²
• newton

Newton's second law of motion describes acceleration as __________.

• force divided by mass

• force times mass

• mass divided by force

• mass times acceleration

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A 20 kg bike accelerates at 10 m/s². What is the force acting on the bike?

• 25 Newtons

• 20 Newtons

• 200 Newtons

• 10 Newtons

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Football A has a mass of 0.40 kg. Football B has a mass of 0.49 kg.  Which football will have greater acceleration when both are thrown with the same force in the same direction?

• Football A
• Football B
• They will have the same acceleration
• Mass has no effect on acceleration

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Will it take more force to push an empty shopping cart or a shopping cart that is full?

• The empty shopping cart
• The full shopping cart
• They will take the same amount of force

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How much force is needed to accelerate a 2 kg physics book to an acceleration of 6 m/s²?

• 36 N

• 12 N

• 3 N

• 0.33 N

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When force is 20 N, mass is 5 kg, what is acceleration?

F = ma

• 25 m/s²

• 5 m/s²

• 100 m/s²

• 4 m/s²

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If a force of 50 Newton's was applied to an object with a mass of 500 grams, the object's acceleration will be _____m/s/s.

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A change in velocity over time is called ___________.

• speed
• force
• acceleration
• direction