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WorksheetsNewton's Laws of Motion
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A force that resists the motion of two surfaces that are touching is named?
a)
inertia
b)
gravity
c)
friction
d)
mass
2.
An attractive force that exists between all objects that have mass is called?
a)
friction
b)
gravity
c)
inertia
d)
mass
3.
A push or a pull on one object by another object is a _____.
a)
unbalanced force
b)
contact force
c)
balanced force
d)
noncontact force
4.
To move a heavy object across the floor, you must first overcome _____, which tends to hold it in place.
a)
gravity
b)
sliding friction
c)
inertia
d)
static friction
5.
After overcoming this type of friction, you must push against _____.
a)
sliding friction
b)
fluid friction
c)
stratic friction
d)
gravity
6.
It's a unit of force or weight.
a)
joules
b)
meters
c)
kilograms
d)
newtons
7.
The combination of all forces acting on an object is the _____.
a)
unbalanced forces
b)
net force
c)
balanced forces
d)
static friction
8.
Forces that combine produce a net force of zero are _____.
a)
static friction
b)
unbalanced forces
c)
inertia
d)
balanced forces
9.
Forces that combine produce a net force different from zero are _____.
a)
unbalanced forces
b)
sliding friction
c)
balanced forces
d)
fluid friction
10.
_____ can cause an object to change its speed and/or direction.
a)
inertia
b)
balanced forces
c)
momentum
d)
unbalanced forces
11.
The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion is called _____.
a)
weight
b)
inertia
c)
centripetal force
d)
circular motion
12.
An object's velocity can be changed by modifying its _____, its _____, or both.
a)
speed, direction
b)
distance, mass
c)
mass, acceleration
d)
acceleration, speed
13.
One newton can also be expressed as 1 _____.
a)
kgm/s
b)
m/s²
c)
kgm/s²
d)
kgm²
14.
Because of _____, an object in circular motion has a tendency to move away in a straight line.
a)
mass
b)
centripetal force
c)
gravity
d)
inertia
15.
The force that acts perpendicular to the direction of motion towards the center of the curve, to keep an object moving in a circular motion is called?
a)
centripetal force
b)
inertia
c)
acceleration
d)
gravity
16.
Newton's third law of motion states that, when one object exerts a force on a second object, the second object exerts a(n) _____ force in the _____ direction.
a)
stronger, negative
b)
weaker, opposite
c)
stronger, positive
d)
equal, opposite
17.
The forces that two objects apply to each other are named _____.
a)
action force
b)
net force
c)
force pair
d)
reaction force
18.
A moving object's _____ is a measure of how difficult it is to stop it.
a)
momentum
b)
centripetal force
c)
inertia
d)
gravity
19.
In a(n) _____ collision, objects do not bounce away from each other.
a)
reaction
b)
inelastic
c)
action
d)
elastic
20.
In a(n) _____ collision, objects bounce away from each other.
a)
inelastic
b)
action
c)
reaction
d)
elastic
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