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Newton Law

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which law best describes a satellite orbiting the earth.  (It keeps going around and around...)
a)
1st:  Law of Inertia
b)
2nd:  Law of Mass and Acceleration (2nd)
c)
3rd:  Law of Action & Reaction (3rd)
d)
Law of Orbits
2.
Which law best describes pushing a massive truck vs. pushing a smaller car?
a)
Law of Inertia
b)
2nd:  Law of Mass and Acceleration
c)
3rd:  Law of Action & Reaction
d)
Law of Lemon Cars
3.
Which law best describes a rocket blasting off into space?
a)
1st:  Law of Inertia
b)
2nd:  Law of Mass and Acceleration
c)
3rd:  Law of Action & Reaction
d)
Rocket Science Law
4.
Force = 
a)
Mass divided by Acceleration
b)
Mass times Speed
c)
Mass  times  Acceleration
d)
Acceleration times Distance
5.
Gravity is an example of a(n)
a)
Noncontact Force
b)
Contact Force
c)
Friction Force
d)
Balanced Force
6.
As you push a cart of supplies down the hall and turn a corner, things on the cart fall off, traveling the direction you were just going.  This is an example of which law?
a)
1st:  Law of Inertia
b)
2nd:  Law of Mass and Acceleration
c)
3rd:  Law of Action and Reaction
d)
The Seatbelt Law of Cartitude
7.
To get something to move faster, you must push harder.  This is an example of which law?
a)
1st:  Law of Inertia
b)
2nd:  Law of Mass and Acceleration
c)
3rd:  Law of Action and Reaction
d)
Law of Gravitation
8.
When you push your knuckles into a table, it hurts your knuckles.  This is an example of which law?
a)
1st:  Law of Inertia
b)
2nd:  Law of Mass and Acceleration
c)
3rd:  Law of Action & Reaction
d)
Knucklebuster's Law
9.
A ball thrown down to the ground bounces back up.  This is an example of which law?
a)
1st:  Law of Inertia
b)
2nd:  Law of Mass and Acceleration
c)
3rd:  Law of Action & Reaction
d)
Law of Elastics
10.
When you put a book on a table, the table pushes back up on the book.  This is an example of which law?
a)
1st:  Law of Inertia
b)
2nd:  Law of Mass and Acceleration
c)
3rd:  Law of Action and Reaction
d)
4th: Law of Library Levels
11.
A person is pushed forward into their seatbelt when a car stops.  This is an example of which law?
a)
1st:  Law of Inertia
b)
2nd:  Law of Mass and Acceleration
c)
3rd:  Law of Action and Reaction
d)
Seatbelt Safety Law
12.
A larger, more massive football player takes more force to tackle is best described by which law?
a)
1st:  Law of Inertia
b)
2nd:  Law of Mass and Acceleration
c)
3rd:  Law of Action Reaction
d)
Law of Linemen
13.
A person leaning on a wall and the wall pushing back is an example of which law?
a)
1st:  Law of Inertia
b)
2nd:  Law of Mass and Acceleration
c)
3rd:  Law of Action and Reaction
d)
Leaning Law
14.
A brick sits at rest on a table until you push on it.  This is explained by which law?
a)
1st:  Law of Inertia
b)
2nd:  Law of Mass and Acceleration
c)
3rd:  Law of Action and Reaction
d)
Lazybrick's Law
15.
Pushing harder as you skateboard causes you to speed up more is an example of which law?
a)
1st:  Law of Inertia
b)
2nd:  Law of Mass and Acceleration
c)
3rd:  Law of Action Reaction
d)
4th:  Longboard's Law
16.
A magician quickly pulls out the tablecloth from under the plates on a table and the plates stay.
a)
1st:  Law of Inertia
b)
2nd:  Law of Mass and Acceleration
c)
3rd:  Law of Action and Reaction
d)
4th:  Waiter's Law
17.
You pull back the on a paddle and your canoe goes forward.  Which law?
a)
1st:  Law of Inertia
b)
2nd:  Law of Mass and Acceleration
c)
3rd:  Law of Action and Reaction
d)
Lakeside Law
18.
A larger car takes a bigger, more forceful engine to move it is an example of which law?
a)
1st:  Law of Inertia
b)
2nd:  Law of Mass and Acceleration
c)
3rd:  Law of Action Reaction
d)
Ford's Law
19.
Once the engine stops, a rocket coasts through space in a straight line demonstrates which law?
a)
1st:  Law of Inertia
b)
2nd:  Law of Mass and Acceleration
c)
3rd:  Law of Action and Reaction
d)
 Launch Law
20.
A(n)           is a push or pull.
a)
newton
b)
acceleration
c)
force
d)
momentum
21.
The        force is the sum of the forces felt by an object.
a)
sum
b)
net
c)
strong
d)
balanced
22.
In order for forces to be          , their effects must cancel each other out and not cause a change in an object's motion.
a)
balanced
b)
strong
c)
weak
d)
normal
23.
If unbalanced forces are acting on an object, it will       .
a)
not move
b)
spin
c)
move
d)
be balanced
24.
Which is NOT a NONcontact force?
a)
Gravity
b)
Friction
c)
Magnetism
d)
Static / Electricity
25.
Gravity
a)
acts only on large objects.
b)
acts when objects are close. enough.
c)
acts on everything everywhere - it's universal.
d)
is a contact force.
26.
This describes the tendency of objects to keep doing what they were doing (resting or moving).
a)
mass
b)
inertia
c)
balance
d)
momentum