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Newton's 3 Laws of Motion

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A magician pulls a table cloth from under a table of dishes.

a)

Newton's

1st

Law of Motion

b)

Newton's

2nd

Law of Motion

c)

Newton's

3rd

Law of Motion

2.

A skater pushes another skater forward, but the one pushing moves backwards.

a)

Newton's

1st

Law of Motion

b)

Newton's

2nd

Law of Motion

c)

Newton's

3rd

Law of Motion

3.

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

4.

When the force on a car is doubled, the acceleration is doubled.

a)

Newton's

1st

Law of Motion

b)

Newton's

2nd

Law of Motion

c)

Newton's

3rd

Law of Motion

5.
How long will an object remain at rest, according to Newton's First Law of Motion?
a)
it can't rest
b)
until noon
c)
until an unbalanced force occurs
d)
as long as there are unbalanced forces acting on it 
6.
You are holding a bowl of hot soup while standing in the kitchen. As you begin to move, the soup spills out of the bowl. Upon reflection you realize that
a)
the soup spilled because of air resistance
b)
if you had traveled faster this wouldn't have happened
c)
the soup wanted to stay where it was, but you moved the bowl
d)
the soup and the bowl act as one body with the same velocity
7.
Which of these is an example of Newton's Second Law, F=ma
a)
a tug of war where both sides pull equally, and the rope doesn't move
b)
a wide receiver using his hands to stop and catch a football thrown by the quarterback
c)
a car traveling on a straight part of the highway with a cruise control set at constant velocity
d)
a book pushing down on the desk where it is resting
8.
You pull a wagon with your younger sister in it. Which of these would accelerate the rate at which you can pull the wagon?
a)
pull the wagon with less force
b)
Pull the wagon with more force
c)
Have your sister push down on the wagon
d)
Put another of your siblings in the wagon
9.
Pat measure a small rubber ball and makes 3 other balls of the same diameter from lead, foam, and wood. Which has the greatest inertia?
a)
rubber ball
b)
lead ball
c)
foam ball
d)
wood ball
10.

If a force of 26 N is exerted on two balls, one with a mass of 0.52 kg and the other with a mass of 0.78 kg, which ball will have the greater acceleration? (F=ma)

a)

The one with a mass of .78 kg will have the greatest acceleration.

b)

The one with a mass of .52 kg will have the greatest acceleration.

c)

They will both accelerate at the same rate.

11.

A 20 kg bike accelerates at 10 m/s2. what was the force?

a)

25 Newtons

b)

20 Newtons

c)

200 Newtons

d)

10 Newtons

12.
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
13.

What happens when two objects, such as a baseball and a bat, collide?

a)

They hit each other with the same force in the same direction.

b)

They hit each other with the same force in opposite directions.

c)

One remains still while the other one moves in the same direction.

d)

They hit each other with unequal force in opposite directions.

14.

Dynamic equilibrium is...

a)

An object experiencing balanced forces while at a constant velocity.

b)

An object at rest experiencing balanced forces.

c)

An object experiencing unbalanced forces while slowing down,

d)

An object experiencing balanced forces while speeding up.

15.

Your car has a mass of 2500 kg and a force of 5000 N. How fast will it accelerate?

a)

20 m/s2

b)

0.5 m/s2

c)

2 m/s2

d)

120 N