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Newton's First and Second Laws of Motion

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

A cart is acted on by a 5-N force forward, a 7-N force backward, and another 2-N force forward. Which statement is true about the motion of the cart?

a)

The cart must remain at rest.

b)

The cart must remain in motion in a straight line at a constant, non-zero speed.

c)

The cart must be keeping its velocity constant, even if its velocity is zero.

d)

The cart must have a velocity that is changing.

e)

No statement can be made about what the motion of the cart must be.

2.

A cart is remaining at rest, and is acting under the action of a person pushing forward with 6.5 N of force, a friction force of 2.5 N pushing backward, and a third unknown force. The unknown force must be ___.

a)

6.5 N forward

b)

4.0 N backward

c)

4.0 N forward

d)

9.0 N forward

e)

9.0 N backward

3.

Newton's First Law of Motion says that an object that is acting under the influence of forces that are balanced ___.

a)

must be moving with a constant velocity in a straight line

b)

must be changing its velocity

c)

must be at rest

d)

is keeping its velocity constant, even if the velocity is zero

e)

might have any type of motion

4.

A cart is acted on by a 14-N force forward, a 6-N force backward, and another 6-N force backward. Which statement is true about the motion of the cart?

a)

The cart must remain at rest.

b)

The cart must remain in motion in a straight line at a constant, non-zero speed.

c)

The cart must be keeping its velocity constant, even if its velocity is zero.

d)

The cart must have a velocity that is changing.

e)

No statement can be made about what the motion of the cart must be.

5.

Camille launches has a catapult that changes the velocity of a ball (m= 2 kg) from 0 to 10 m/s in one sec. What is the average force that is exerted on the ball during launch?

a)

20 N

b)

5 N

c)

8 N

d)

0.2 N

6.

If a 6.0-kg object is accelerating forward at 1.5 m/s², the net force on the object must be ___.

a)

7.5 N

b)

9.0 N

c)

4.0 N

d)

4.5 N

e)

9.0 m/s²

7.

A cart is moving forward at 5.0 m/s, and is acting under the action of a person pushing forward with 3.0 N of force, a friction force of 4.5 N pushing backward, and a third unknown force. The unknown force must be ___.

a)

1.5 N forward

b)

1.5 N backward

c)

7.5 N forward

d)

7.5 N backward

e)

3.0 N forward

8.

If forces on an object are balanced, what is the net force equal to?

a)

Zero

b)

The force of gravity

c)

The support force opposing gravity

d)

There is not enough information to determine the net force.

9.
"If we apply a ___________ to an object, its __________________ will change and it will  ______________."
a)
force, accelerate, gravity
b)
accelerate, inertia, gravity
c)
force, velocity, accelerate
d)
velocity, gravity, inertia
10.

A 5.0-kg box is under the influence of a 24.0-N force forward and a 9.0-N force backward. The acceleration of the box will be ___.

a)

15 m/s² forward

b)

3.0 m/s² backward

c)

3.0 m/s² forward

d)

15.0 m/s² forward

e)

3.0 N forward

11.
If an object was accelerating at 10 m/s^2, and a force of 10 newtons was required to accelerate it, what was the object's mass?
a)
1 kilogram
b)
10 kilograms
c)
2 kilograms
d)
5 kilograms