Understanding Forces and Motion

What is the term used to describe the overall force acting on an object when all the individual forces are combined?

• Friction

• Net Force

• Gravity

• Inertia

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Which force opposes the relative motion or tendency of such motion of two surfaces in contact?

• Gravity

• Friction

• Air Resistance

• Centripetal Force

What is the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass?

• Gravity

• Weight

• Net Force

• Inertia

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What is the term for a region in which each point is affected by a force?

• Field

• Weight

• Inertia

• Terminal Velocity

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What is the force of gravity acting on an object's mass?

• Friction

• Weight

• Air Resistance

• Centripetal Force

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Which law states that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by a net external force?

• Newton’s First Law of Motion

• Newton’s Second Law of Motion

• Newton’s Third Law of Motion

• Law of Conservation of Momentum

• Newton’s First Law of Motion

• Newton’s Second Law of Motion

• Newton’s Third Law of Motion

• Law of Conservation of Momentum

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Which law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?

• Newton’s First Law of Motion

• Newton’s Second Law of Motion

• Newton’s Third Law of Motion

• Law of Conservation of Momentum

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What is the property of matter that causes it to resist any change in its motion?

• Inertia

• Friction

• Gravity

• Air Resistance

What is the force that opposes the motion of an object through the air?

• Friction

• Air Resistance

• Gravity

• Centripetal Force