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Newton's Laws of Motion

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Newton's First Law?

a)

A greater force is needed to move heavier objects

b)

An object will change its motion without a force

c)

An object won’t change its motion unless acted upon by a force

d)

An object does not change motion even when a force acts on it

2.

If a car is parked, it will continue to sit still unless a _________, such as an engine, causes it to move.

a)

law

b)

force

c)

Newton

d)

change

3.

Why won't objects in motion continue moving forever?

a)

Because of forces such as friction, air resistance and gravity

b)

An object can continue to move on forever

c)

Because of speed and acceleration

4.

What is Newton’s third law of motion?

a)

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

b)

For a heavy object you need a greater force

c)

An object won't change its motion unless a force acts upon it

d)

The Law of Inertia

5.

What is force?

a)

a push or a pull

b)

gravity and friction working together

c)

a change in motion

d)

Newton's 3 Laws

6.

What is Newton's 2nd Law?

a)

Heavier objects need a lighter force to move them

b)

For every action there is a reaction

c)

Heavier objects need a larger force to move them

d)

Objects need balanced forces to move

7.

Are the forces balanced or unbalanced?

a)

Balanced

b)

Unbalanced

8.

Which one is NOT a contact force?

a)

Friction

b)

Gravity

c)

Spring

d)

Applied

9.

Objects at rest have no forces acting upon them.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

For every action there is ______ and opposite reaction.

a)

a stronger

b)

an equal

c)

a weaker

d)

no force

11.

_______ force is needed to move objects of larger mass.

a)

Less

b)

Equal

c)

More

d)

Light

12.

A still object __________ have forces acting upon it.

a)

Does

b)

Can't

c)

Doesn't

d)

Will Sometimes

13.

The force that pulls objects down towards the center of the Earth.

a)

Friction

b)

Air Resistance

c)

Gravity

d)

Wind Resistance

14.

This force is caused by objects rubbing together.

a)

Gravity

b)

Air Resistance

c)

Magnetic

d)

Friction

15.

A rocket launches because of

a)

Its large mass

b)

An opposite reaction

c)

Gravity

d)

Air resistance

16.

Objects in motion tend to stay in motion, while objects at rest, tend to _____________.

a)

Bounce

b)

Start moving

c)

Stay in motion

d)

Stay at rest

17.

______________ forces do not affect the movement of an object.

a)

Unbalanced

b)

Strong

c)

Light

d)

Balanced

18.

The speeding up of an object is called _______________.

a)

Friction

b)

Acceleration

c)

Motion

d)

Force

19.

A ___________________ force results when one force is stronger than other forces and the motion of an object is affected.

a)

Balanced

b)

Greater

c)

Unbalanced

d)

Weaker

20.

If friction didn’t exist, an object in motion would stay in motion forever.

a)

True

b)

False