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Newton's Laws Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 3hrs 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is Newton's First Law known as? The Law of
a)
Friction
b)
Mass
c)
Inertia
d)
Gravity
2.
What is Newton's First Law
a)
F=ma
b)
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
c)
An object at rest stays at rest, an object in motion stays in motion. 
d)
Friction 
3.
The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion
a)
acceleration
b)
inertia
c)
mass
d)
frame of reference
4.
What kind(s) of objects have inertia?
a)
all objects with mass
b)
only objects at rest
c)
only objects in motion
d)
only objects whose motion is being changed
5.
If one object has twice as much mass as another object, it also has twice as much...
a)
inertia
b)
velocity
c)
acceleration due to gravity
d)
DO NOT PUSH ME
6.
Which type of force(s) will cause a change in an object's motion?
a)
gravity
b)
zero net force
c)
balanced forces
d)
unbalanced forces
7.
The law of inertia (Newton’s First Law) applies
a)
to both moving and nonmoving objects
b)
only to moving objects
c)
only to objects that are not moving
8.
You push on a car and it does not move.  What is true about the inertia?
a)
The inertia is changing
b)
The inertia of the car is too great 
c)
The inertia of the person is equal to the car
d)
There is not inertia because of no movement
9.

Inertia is most often experienced when…

a)

Earth stop rotating for a second

b)

a moving vehicle is stopped

c)

It rains

d)

Rockets are launched

10.

What is one of the benefits of wearing a seat belt?

a)

It keeps you in from falling out of the car.

b)

It allows you to share the same motion as the car

c)

It prevents car accidents

d)

It is connected to air bags

11.

F= mass * acceleration

A 20 kg bike accelerates at 10 m/s2. what is the force acting upon it?

a)

25 Newtons

b)

20 Newtons

c)

200 Newtons

d)

10 Newtons

12.

An object of mass 10 kg is accelerated upward at 2 m/s2. What force is required?

a)

20 N

b)

2 N

c)

5 N

d)

0 N

13.

What Unit do we Measure Force in?

a)

Newtons

b)

Joules

c)

Volts

d)

Lumens

14.
How much force is needed to accelerate a 2 kg physics book to an acceleration of 6 m/s/s?
a)
36 N
b)
12 N
c)
3 N
d)
0.33 N
15.
When force is 20 N, mass is 5 kg, what is acceleration?
F = ma
a)
25 m/s/s
b)
5 m/s/s
c)
100 m/s/s
d)
4 m/s/s
16.

Newton's Second Law can be expressed as

a)

v = d / t

b)

E = mc2

c)

F = ma

d)

m1v1 = m2v2

17.

An object accelerates 5 m/s2 when a force of 20 newtons is applied to it. What is the mass of the object?

a)

4 kg

b)

20 kg

c)

0.5 kg

d)

2 kg

18.

According to Newton's second Law, which would take more force to slow down?

a)

The silver car

b)

The green car

c)

They would both take the same force

19.

According to Newton’s second law of motion, if force remains the same but mass increases, then acceleration will

a)

increase

b)

decreases

c)

remain constant

20.

An object is propelled along a straight-line path by a force. If the net force were doubled, its acceleration would

a)

Halve

b)

Double

c)

Remain constant

21.


Why do you lean towards the left when a car turns right?

a)

Because of inertia

b)

Because of gravity

c)

Because of velocity

22.


Objects with different masses can't have the same momentum.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

When a car stops suddenly, your body tends to keep moving

a)

forward

b)

backward

24.

Your friend pushes you for making fun of him/her. What is the reaction force?

a)

You pushing back on your friend

b)

You pushing on the ground

c)

There is no reaction force

d)

Your friend pushing on the ground

25.

When you jump up, you push the earth downwards. Why can't you tell that the earth has moved?

a)

The force of you jumping up doesn't actually push the earth down.

b)

The earth has much more mass so it doesn't move at all

c)

The earth is firmly rooted

d)

The earth has much more mass so you can't tell that it moved

26.

When you hit a tennis ball with a racket...

a)

The ball exerts more force on the racket

b)

The ball and racket exert the same force on each other

c)

The racket exerts more force on the ball

d)

It depends on how hard you hit it

27.

Two students with different masses are sitting in roll-y chairs. The lighter one uses his feet to push the other

a)

The lighter student will move faster because he has less mass

b)

The heavier student will move more because he is being pushed

c)

They will move with the same speed

d)

The heavier student shouldn't move at all

28.

How is this an example of Newton’s Third law?

a)

Only the ball is using the head

b)

They are both exerting an equal force on each other

c)

Only the head is pushing the ball

29.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
a)
Newton's
1st
Law of Motion
b)
Newton's
2nd
Law of Motion
c)
Newton's
3rd
Law of Motion
30.

Newton's Third Law is also known as...

a)

The Law of Inertia

b)

The Law of Acceleration

c)

The Law of Conservation of Momentum (Force Pairs)

31.
Newton's Third Law States...
a)
Objects in motion stay in motion and objects at rest stay at rest
b)
Force is equal to mass times acceleration
c)
For each action there is an equal and opposite reaction
32.
An archer shoots an arrow. The action force is the bowstring against the arrow, the reaction force is...
a)
Air resistance against the bow
b)
the arrow's push against the bowstring
c)
the grip of the archer's hand on the bow
33.
A player throws a ball. The action force is the player impact on the ball. The reaction force is...
a)
The force of the ball impact on the player
b)
The force of the grip of the ball
c)
The celebration the player is thinking of
34.
A player hits a ball with a bat. The action force is the impact of the bat against the ball. The reaction force is...
a)
The grip of the player's hands on the ball
b)
the air resistance of the ball
c)
the force of the ball against the bat
35.
A rocket pushes exhaust 10, 000 N. Without any other forces acting on the rocket, how much force does the rocket go forward?
a)
15,000 N
b)
1,000 N
c)
10, 000 N