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Newton's Second Law Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Football A has a greater mass than football B.  Which football will have greater acceleration when both are thrown with the same force in the same direction?
a)
Football A
b)
Football B
c)
They will have the same acceleration
d)
Mass has no effect on acceleration
2.
What is the acceleration of an object traveling at a constant velocity?
a)
10 m/s2
b)
0 m/s2
c)
250 m/s2
d)
20 m/s2
3.
True or false.  Mass resists acceleration.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
True or false.  The appropriate units for velocity are m/s2
a)
True
b)
False
5.
What are the appropriate units to describe acceleration?
a)
m/s
b)
m/s2
c)
cm
d)
there are no units associated with acceleration
6.
How can acceleration be described?
a)
distance divided by time
b)
time divided by distance
c)
force divided by time
d)
change in velocity divided by time
7.
How can Newton's second law be represented  mathematically? 
a)
F=MA
b)
M= F/A
c)
A= F/M
d)
All are correct
8.
Acceleration is a change in...
a)
Inertia
b)
Gravity
c)
Velocity
d)
Distance
9.
Acceleration changes and object's...
a)
speed, direction or both
b)
speed, gravity or both
c)
gravity, direction or both
d)
inertia, speed or both
10.
Deceleration is...
a)
Speed up
b)
Slow down
c)
Fly forward
d)
Jump downward
11.
During the Flying Film Canister Lab I:  The canister (?) with added mass.
a)
Accelerated speed
b)
Decelerated speed
c)
Did nothing different
d)
Dropped from the sky
12.
What is a Balanced Force?  Two objects where...
a)
They both have equal force 
b)
One has more force than the other
c)
Both have no force
d)
One has more gravity than the other
13.
What is an Unbalanced Force?  Two objects where...
a)
They both have equal force 
b)
One has more force than the other
c)
Both have no force
d)
One has more gravity than the other
14.
In an Unbalanced Force, which is true?
a)
There will be no movement
b)
One will move the other
15.
"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
16.
Why would one ball accelerate more than the other when pushed with the same amount of force?
a)
Different weights
b)
Different forces
c)
Different masses
d)
Different sizes
17.
If you push a basketball and a bowling ball with the same amount of force, which one will accelerate more?
a)
Basketball
b)
Bowling ball
c)
They will accelerate at the same rate
18.
Why would one ball travel a greater distance than the other when pushed with the same amount of force?
a)
Different sizes
b)
Different weights
c)
Different masses
d)
Different forces
19.
If you push the ping pong ball & the basketball with the same amount of force, which one will go a greater distance?
a)
The ping pong ball
b)
The basketball
c)
They will both travel the same distance
20.
Which shopping cart will have more acceleration?  
a)
The empty shopping cart
b)
The shopping cart that's full
c)
They will be the same
21.
Will it take more force to push an empty shopping cart or a shopping cart that is full?
a)
The empty shopping cart
b)
The full shopping cart
c)
They will take the same amount of force