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Newton's 1st Law of Motion

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is another name for Newton's First Law of Motion?

a)

The Law of Friction

b)

The Law of Inertia

c)

The Law of Gravity

d)

The Law of Mass

2.

Which type of force will cause a change in an objects motion?

a)

gravity

b)

a balanced force

c)

an unbalanced force

3.

What can a force do?

a)

stop a motion

b)

start a motion

c)

change the direction of motion

d)

all of the above

4.

What is the name for a push or pull?

a)

movement

b)

density

c)

speed

d)

force

5.

What word describes an objects resistance to the change in motion called?

a)

inertia

b)

friction

c)

force

d)

momentum

6.

The two conditions Newton's 1st law addresses are:

a)

rest and motion

b)

gravity and lift

c)

drag and thrust

d)

unbalanced force and balanced force

7.

Which action represents a contact force?

a)

pushing a table across the floor?

b)

kicking a soccer ball

c)

hammering a nail into wood

d)

all of the above

8.

What force pulls objects down to Earth?

a)

thrust

b)

friction

c)

drag

d)

gravity

9.

If two people are pulling against each other with forces of 500N and 600N then there is ____________.

a)

a balanced force

b)

an unbalanced force

c)

a weak force

d)

a universal force

10.

The greater the mass of an object, the greater the ___________ according to Newton's 1st Law.

a)

force

b)

friction

c)

momentum

d)

inertia

11.

Which force slows objects down because of contact between two surfaces?

a)

thrust

b)

gravity

c)

drag

d)

friction

12.

What determines how much inertia an object has?

a)

mass

b)

gravity

c)

time

d)

energy

13.

In the tablecloth challenge, the more mass you add means that you would have to use a greater force to overcome the force of ____________.

a)

drag

b)

friction

c)

flight

d)

nature

14.

In the tablecloth challenge, the heavier objects have greater ______________ than the lighter objects at rest.

a)

mass

b)

inertia

c)

both a and b

d)

none of the above

15.

A bus moves forward suddenly. A passenger standing in the aisle:

a)

begins to fall backwards

b)

remains at rest until the bus moves forward

c)

obeys Newton's Law of Inertia

d)

all of these