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Forces Review and The 3 Laws of Motion

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
F=ma
a)
Newton's
1st
Law of Motion
b)
Newton's
2nd
Law of Motion
c)
Newton's
3rd
Law of Motion
2.
The Law of Inertia
a)
Newton's
1st
Law of Motion
b)
Newton's
2nd
Law of Motion
c)
Newton's
3rd
Law of Motion
3.
Which force produces a change in motion?
a)
unbalanced force
b)
balanced force
c)
gravitational force
d)
frictional force
4.
The picture of the position vs. time graph shows an object that is...
a)
accelerating/speeding up
b)
moving at a constant speed 
c)
not moving 
d)
accelerating/slowing down. 
5.

What force is described in the 1st law?

a)

inertia

b)

gravity

c)

friction

d)

speed

6.

friction is...

a)

resistance between 2 surfaces

b)

an object's tendency to resist change

c)

a force of attraction due to mass

7.

how many and what forces include mass as a component?

a)

2, inertia, gravity

b)

1, friction

c)

2, gravity friction

8.

an object with more/less mass will also have:

a)

more/less reaction to friction

b)

more/less gravity

c)

more/less speed

d)

more/less weight

e)

more/less inertia

9.

what is gravity?

a)

a force that opposes motion between 2 surfaces

b)

tendency of an object to resist motion

c)

a force of attraction between 2 objects due to mass

d)

a push/pull

10.

this formula describes the 2nd law.

a)

force=mass times acceleration

b)

energy= mass*speed of light2

c)

y=mxtb

d)

y2-y1/x2-x1

11.

what is a force?

a)

a push/pull

b)

a measure of inertia

12.

what is force expressed in?

a)

newtons

b)

joules

c)

feet

d)

celsius

13.

true/false: air resistance is a form of friction

a)

true

b)

false: it is a form of gravity

c)

false: it is a force

d)

false: it is a form of inertia

14.

balanced forces produce motion

a)

true

b)

false

15.

unbalanced forces produce motion

a)

true

b)

false

16.

what units are expressed in a speed graph?

a)

distance/time

b)

distance/direction

c)

time/velocity

d)

acceleration/gravity

17.

what graph uses velocity/time?

a)

acceleration

b)

speed

c)

direction

d)

momentum

18.

what is a reference point?

a)

A place or object used for comparison to determine if an object is in motion

b)

An object's change in position relative to a reference point.

c)

Distance and direction of an object's change in position from the starting point.

19.

how to calculate speed?

a)

distance/time

b)

speed*time

c)

speed/time

20.

how to calculate distance?

a)

speed*time

b)

distance/time

c)

speed/time

21.

what is velocity?

a)

speed in a given direction

b)

distance/time

c)

change in velocity

22.

what cues acceleration?

a)

speeding up/slowing down

b)

constant speed

c)

change in direction

d)

no movement

e)
23.

what is deceleration?

a)

slowing down

b)

negative acceleration

c)

speeding up

d)

constant speed

24.

balanced force

a)

two or more forces that are not equal and opposite of one another; can cause change in motion

b)

a push or a pull exerted on an object in order to change the motion of the object; force has size and direction

c)

two forces acting in opposite directions on an object, and equal in size

25.

if a person pushing a box to the right is using 600 newtons of force, and 5 other people are pushing it to the right with 100 newtons of force each, what direction does the box move and what is the net force?

a)

it moves right 100

b)

it moves left 100

c)

stays still 0

d)

explodes 0

26.

what is net force?

a)

total of each side of the unbalanced force

b)

how much a force weighs

c)

how many newtons a force has

d)

how many newtons an object has

27.

A car is driving at 35 mph. There is a car crash in front of the driving car. The driver and passengers are flew forward but stopped by the seatbelts. What Law of Motion is in effect?

a)

1ST law

b)

2nd law

c)

3rd law

d)

there is no law in effect

e)

all laws are in effect

28.

A F150 and a Mazda have a car collision. According to Newton's 2nd law, which object has more mass?

a)

the truck

b)

the mazda

c)

the van watching from the side

d)

they have the same mass

29.

Air rushes out of a balloon. What is the opposite reaction, according to the 3rd law?

a)

the balloon rises

b)

the balloon does not move

c)

the balloon explodes

d)

the balloon descends

e)

the balloon deflates

30.

Compare an empty shopping cart to a full one. Which one requires more force to push?

a)

the full one

b)

the empty one

c)

they require the same amount of force because each one has the same mass

d)

they require the same amount of force because they have the same amounts of acceleration

31.

A muscleman is lifting weights up. The muscleman is pushing the weights with 7000 newtons of force. Gravity and air resistance have varying amounts of force, between 3000-5000 newtons of force each. Which direction do the weights move?

a)

the weights move up

b)

the weights move down

c)

the weights repeat a cycle of up and down movement

d)

the weights do not move.

32.

A person is about to dive into a pool. The diving board pushes down as the person gets into position. The reaction is the board moving up. What law of motion is this?

a)

3rd law

b)

all laws

c)

2nd law

d)

1st law

e)

none of the laws