WorksheetsNewton's Laws
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A persons body is thrown outward as a car rounds a curve on a highway.
a)
Newton's first law
b)
Newton's second law
c)
Newton's third law
2.
Rockets are launched into space using jet propulsion where exhaust accelerates out from the rocket and the rocket accelerates in an opposite direction.
a)
Newton's first law
b)
Newton's second law
c)
Newton's third law
3.
A picture is hanging on a wall and does not move.
a)
Newton's first law
b)
Newton's second law
c)
Newton's third law
4.
A person not wearing a seatbelt flies through a car window when someone slams on the breaks because the person's body wants to remain in continuous motion even when the car stops.
a)
Newton's first law
b)
Newton's second law
c)
Newton's third law
5.
Pushing a child on a swing is easier than pushing an adult on the same swing, because the adult has more inertia.
a)
Newton's first law
b)
Newton's second law
c)
Newton's third law
6.
A soccer ball accelerates more than a bowling ball when thrown with the same force.
a)
Newton's first law
b)
Newton's second law
c)
Newton's third law
7.
A soccer player kicks a ball with their foot and their toes are left stinging.
a)
Newton's first law
b)
Newton's second law
c)
Newton's third law
8.
A student leaves a pencil on a desk and the pencil stays in the same spot until another student picks it up.
a)
Newton's first law
b)
Newton's second law
c)
Newton's third law
9.
Two students are in a baseball game. The first student hits a ball very hard and it has a greater acceleration than the second student who bunts the ball lightly.
a)
Newton's first law
b)
Newton's second law
c)
Newton's third law
10.
This law is also called the "Law of Inertia"
a)
Newton's first law
b)
Newton's second law
c)
Newton's third law
11.
For every action there is an equal and opposite re-action.
a)
Newton's first law
b)
Newton's second law
c)
Newton's third law
12.
Heavier objects require more force to move the same distance as lighter objects.
a)
Newton's first law
b)
Newton's second law
c)
Newton's third law
13.
The gravitational pull is greater between two objects that
a)
have greater masses.
b)
have rougher surfaces.
c)
are farther apart.
d)
are moving at greater speed
14.
How does Newton’s third law explain how a rocket takes off?
a)
The rocket’s acceleration is positive, while the gasses acceleration is negative but the direction is the same.
b)
The rocket is at rest until ignition.
c)
The hot gasses move in one direction, while the rocket moves in the opposite direction but with equal force.
15.
The SI units for force are...
a)
Kilograms
b)
Newtons
c)
Meters per second
d)
Pounds
16.
If the forces acting on an object are unbalanced, the net force is NOT ____.
a)
normal
b)
strong
c)
weak
d)
zero
17.
What must occur to a shopping cart at rest in order to make it roll forward?
a)
A force must be provided to overcome gravity.
b)
Balanced forces must be acting on the cart.
c)
An unbalanced force applied to the cart pushing or pulling it forward.
d)
The unbalanced force acting upon it must be smaller than that of friction.
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