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Gravity and newtons laws

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
An object at rest remains at rest and an object in motion remains in motion unless it experiences an unbalanced force is what law?
a)
First Law
b)
Second Law
c)
Third Law
d)
Ninth Symphony
2.
The formula we get from the second law is...?
a)
F = m*a
b)
v = d/t
c)
a = v/t
d)
f = 1/T
3.
What is the force necessary to accelerate a 1785 kg car at a rate of 50 m/s/s?
a)
89,250 N
b)
35.7 N
c)
98.8 N
d)
75,620 N
4.
Which statement illustrates Newton’s first law?
a)
A stone will not move unless something pushes or pulls it
b)
As a car comes to a stop, the passengers continue to move forward
c)
A ball rolling across the floor eventually slows down
d)
All of them!
5.
What is the unbalanced force on a boy and his skateboard if the total mass of the boy and skateboard is 62 kg and their acceleration is 0.36 m/s/s forward?
a)
22.32 N
b)
172.2 N
c)
180 N
d)
24 N
6.
All objects in the universe attract each other through gravitation force is called...
a)
The Law of Universal Gravitation
b)
The Law of Conservation of Momentum
c)
The Law of Thermodynamics
d)
The Law of Monty the Snake
7.
All objects in the universe attract each other through gravitation force is called...
a)
The Law of Universal Gravitation
b)
The Law of Conservation of Momentum
c)
The Law of Thermodynamics
d)
The Law of Monty the Snake
8.
a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

All of the above

9.
a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

All of the above

10.

Equal and opposite

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

All of the above

11.
What is a PUSH or PULL of an object?
a)
Motion
b)
Force
c)
Friction
d)
Gravity
12.
It takes more force to accelerate the iron man on the left than the iron man on the right because the iron man on the left has more mass. This best describes
a)
Newton's first law, the law of inertia
b)
Newton's second law, the law of acceleration
c)
Newton's third law, the law of action reaction 
d)
The law of universal gravitation
13.
An automobile you are riding in suddenly stops, but you continue to go forward.
a)
Newton's
1st
Law of Motion
b)
Newton's
2nd
Law of Motion
c)
Newton's
3rd
Law of Motion
14.
When a cannon fires a cannonball we observe Newton's third law. Which force is the reaction force?
a)
The cannon moving forward
b)
The cannonball moving forward
c)
The cannon moving backward
d)
The cannonball moving backward
15.
What is the net force?
a)
30 N 
b)
25 N 
c)
5 N 
d)
55 N 
16.

What is the Net Force?

a)

10

b)

0

c)

3

d)

2

17.

Calculate the weight on Earth of a pencil which has a mass of 0.01 kg.

a)

0.01N

b)

0.01Kg

c)

0.098 Kg

d)

0.098 N

18.
If an object mass =30 Kg on the Earth, what would be it's weight on Earth?
a)
30 N
b)
300 kg
c)
3000N
d)
300 N
19.

Calculate the gravitational force between two objects when they are 0.750m apart. Each object has a mass of 5.00kg.

a)

2.96x10-7N

b)

3.00x10-9N

c)

2.22x10-9N

d)

2.23x10-8N

20.
Two objects are attracted to each other with 36 N of gravitational force.
What would the force between them be if the distance between them were doubled?
a)
9
b)
18
c)
72
d)
144
21.
Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...
a)
mass and distance 
b)
mass and matter
c)
distance and weight 
d)
weight and mass
22.
Complete the following statement: The farther away two planets are the _______ the gravitational force between them.
a)
more
b)
same
c)
dosen't matter
d)
less
23.

A 500 kg asteroid is located 3.4 x107m from the center of Earth. The mass of Earth is 6.0x1024 kg. What is the gravitational force between the asteroid and Earth?

F = GMm/r2

G= 6.67 x 10-11

a)

1.73 x 102 N

b)

4.63 x 105 N

c)

2.94 x 103 N

d)

6.42 x 104 N

24.

If I double the mass of one object, but don't change anything else... What happens to the gravitational force between two objects?

a)

Doubles

b)

Quadruples

c)

Cut in Half

d)

4x Smaller

25.
As distance separating the objects increases the force
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same