Chapter 4: Lesson 4 Newton’s Laws of Motion Quiz

The two things Sir Isaac Newton wanted to understand more about like objects moving, were what causes the object to move and ______________.

• what causes the object to stand still

• The speed of sound

• The nature of gravity
• what changes the way the object moves

Newton’s First Law of Motion states that no acceleration can happen without an _________________.

• unbalanced force

• external factor

• internal energy

• constant velocity

____________________ means change in motion.

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• Distance

• Time

A force is a ________________ or ________________ motion.

• push or pull

• twist or turn

• rise or fall

• expand or contract

Objects at rest don’t move unless an ________________ acts on them.

• unbalanced force

• balanced force

• external pressure

• internal energy

Objects in motion don’t speed up, slow down, stop, or turn unless (a) ________________ makes them do so.

• force

• friction

• gravity

• inertia

________________ is the tendency of objects to resist a change in motion.

• Inertia

• Velocity

• Momentum

• Acceleration

Which one of these is not a factor of Newton’s second law of motion?

• the amount of force applied to the object
• the object’s mass
• the acceleration of the object

When kicking a soccer ball, the greater the applied force to the ball the greater the ________________.

• acceleration

• friction

• mass

• gravity

The ________________ of an object affects how or if the object moves when a force is applied.

• mass

• color

• temperature

• shape