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Newton’s Laws of Motion

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1.What is the First Law of Motion

a)

The rate at which velocity changes. The state in which one object`s distance from another is changing.

b)

The overall force on an object when all the individual forces acting on an object are added together.

c)

An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted on by an unbalanced force.

d)

Equal forces acting on an object in opposite direction.

2.

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

a)

To the right

b)

Forward

c)

To the left

d)

Backward

3.

3. Which of the following is an example of Newton’s 1st Law?

a)

Using a force to push a grocery car

b)

Pulling back a rubber band to shoot it forward

c)

A chair remains motionless in a room

d)

All of the above

4.

4. Newton's First Law is also known as the law of _____.

a)

  Electromagnetism

b)

Inertia

c)

Acceleration

d)

Motion

5.

Passengers in a car without a seatbelt would fly through the windshield when it suddenly stops. This is an example of which of Newton's laws?

a)

Newton's Second Law

b)

Newton's Second Law

c)

Newton's Law of Cooling

d)

Newton's First

Law

6.

What is the Formula for calculating force?

a)

F=m/a

b)

a=F/m

c)

F=ma

d)

F=a+m

7.

an increase in the force on the object would cause an increase in the

a)

Acceleration

b)

mass

8.

As mass increases, and force stays constant, acceleration...

a)

Decreases

b)

Increases

c)

Stays the same

d)

There isn’t enough info to tell.

9.

As mass increases, and force stays constant, acceleration...

a)

Decreases

b)

Increases

c)

Stays the same

d)

There isn’t enough info to tell.

10.

When your arms push against the water as you swim...

a)

The water pushes back

b)

The water pulls you in

c)

Nothing happens

d)

We need more information.

11.

What is Newton’s second law?

a)

The amount of acceleration is proportional to the amount of force.

b)

Inertia

c)

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

d)

An object will remain at rest or in motion unless acted upon.

12.

What is Newton’s 3rd law?

a)

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

b)

Inertia

c)

Force

d)

Force is proportional to acceleration.

13.

What is Newton’s 1st law?

a)

Inertia

b)

F=ma

c)

An object in motion or at rest stays as such unless acted upon

d)

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

14.

Which is an example of Newton’s Second law?

a)

When 2 people push on a box it goes faster than just one person pushing it.

b)

When you push in the water during a swim the water pushes back.

c)

When your skateboard hits a low wall you fling forward off of it.

15.
What does Newton's Third Law state?
a)
For every action, there is no reaction.
b)
For every action, there is a smaller reaction.
c)
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
d)
For every action, there is a greater reaction.
16.

A skate board stops moving on gravel, this is an example of what law

a)

Law of inertia

b)

Law of action/reaction

c)

Law of acceleration

17.

A tendency to do nothing or remain at change

a)

Motion

b)

Inertia

c)

Reaction

d)

Momentum

18.

An object at ____ stays at ____

a)

Motion

b)

Acceleration

c)

Rest

d)

Action

19.

What is the measurement of force

a)

Newtons

b)

Net force

c)

Velocity

d)

Acceleration

20.

What is the measurement of force

a)

Newtons

b)

Net force

c)

Velocity

d)

Acceleration

21.

An object at ____ stays at ____

a)

Motion

b)

Acceleration

c)

Rest

d)

Action

22.

A tendency to do nothing or remain at change

a)

Motion

b)

Inertia

c)

Reaction

d)

Momentum

23.

A skate board stops moving on gravel, this is an example of what law

a)

Law of inertia

b)

Law of action/reaction

c)

Law of acceleration

24.

Isaac Newton discovered gravity

a)

True

b)

False

25.

The direction and speed of an object

a)

Velocity

b)

Momentum

c)

Speed

d)

Acceleration

26.

F = M x A

a)

First law

b)

Second law

c)

Third law

27.

What is force

a)

A push or pull

b)

Speed + direction

c)

When two objects rub against each other

d)

How fast an object goes

28.

20miles/hour is an example of

a)

Speed

b)

Velocity

c)

Acceleration

d)

Momentum

29.

A car speeding up on to the highway

a)

Speed

b)

Acceleration

c)

Momentum

d)

Velocity

30.

A rocket blasting off is an example of

a)

First law

b)

Second law

c)

Third law

31.

600gram ball is accelerating 2m/h what is the force

a)

1200N

b)

1100N

c)

300N

d)

200N

32.

200N left on a box

balanced or unbalanced

a)

Balanced

b)

Unbalanced

33.

20N and 40N left

50N right

what is the net force

a)

10N left

b)

10N right

c)

5N left

d)

5N right

34.
As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity 
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Stays the same
35.
The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ______.
a)
mass
b)
matter
c)
weight 
d)
friction 
36.
The law of universal gravitation is credited to whom?
a)
Einstein
b)
Galileo
c)
Darwin
d)
Newton
37.
The amount of matter in an object is 
a)
pressure
b)
weight
c)
mass
d)
force
38.
Which of the following never changes no matter where in the universe?
a)
weight
b)
force
c)
mass
d)
pounds
39.
A person would weigh less on on the Moon than on the Earth because . . .
a)
Moon has more mass, and therefore more gravity
b)
Moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity
c)
Moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity
d)
Moon has less mass and therefore less gravity
40.
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
41.
Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.
a)
False
b)
True
c)
It depends
42.
If Earth's mass was cut in half, what would happen to your mass?
a)
increase because gravitational force increases
b)
decrease because gravitational force decreases
c)
decrease because gravitational force increases
d)
nothing, mass is not affected by gravitational force
43.
Every object in the universe attracts every other object.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
If Earth's mass was cut in half, what would happen to your weight?
a)
Increase because gravitational force increases
b)
decrease because gravitational force decreases
c)
decrease because gravitational force increases
d)
nothing, weight is not affected by gravitational force
45.
Is the force of gravity on the diver a push or a pull?
a)
push
b)
pull