Newton's Laws of Motion Concepts

An object at rest remains at rest, or if in motion, remains in motion at a constant velocity unless acted on by a net external force. This is an example of Newton's

• Second Law

• First Law

• Third Law

Which of these are examples of Newton's First Law:

1. A stationary object with no outside force will not move

2. An astronaut who has their screwdriver knocked into space will see the screwdriver continue on at the same speed and direction forever

3. If you use the same force to push a truck and a car, the car will have more acceleration than the truck because the car has less mass

4. An object at rest stays at rest

• 1,3,4

• 1,2,4

• 2,3,4

• 1,2,3

If an object is stationary, it means

• the object is in motion

• the object is not in motion

• the object is experiencing air resistance

• there are unbalanced forces acting on the object

The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion is called

• inertia

• friction

• tension

• gravity

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Without an unbalanced force, a moving object will not only keep moving, but its ______________________________ will also remain the same.

• force and motion

• speed and time

• speed and direction

• inertia and distance

Which statement explains why you are thrown forward when the car you are riding in suddenly stops?

• You are pushed forward by the force of the car stopping

• The force of the crash accelerates you forward

• You are are in motion as the car is driving, and when it stops, your body continues to be in motion

• The car stopping must balance out by having you move forward

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An object's velocity can be changed by changing its speed, its direction, or both.

• True
• False

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A change in velocity over time is called ___________.

• speed
• force
• acceleration
• direction

The increasing speed of a falling object is caused by _____________.

• force
• mass
• speed
• gravity

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

• mass
• inertia
• speed
• direction

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