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Newton's Law of Motion

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A car speeding up, a dog slowing down and person turning around the block are examples of..
a)
Balanced Forces
b)
Unbalanced Forces
2.
What is Newton's First Law known as? The Law of
a)
Friction
b)
Mass
c)
Inertia
d)
Gravity
3.
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 
4.
Newton's third law states that any action will have a(n) _______ and ______ reaction
a)
Equal and similar
b)
Equal and opposite
c)
Equal and different
d)
Greater and opposite
5.

This equation goes with which law?

a)

Newton's first law of motion

b)

Newton's second law of motion

c)

Newton's third law of motion

6.

A person is pushed forward into their seat belt when a car stops. Which law is this?

a)

Newton's 1st Law

b)

Newton's 2nd Law

c)

Newton's 3rd Law

7.
Which of Newton's laws are illustrated with a rocket launch?
a)
1st Law, the Law of Inertia. 
b)
2nd Law, the Law of Acceleration.
c)
3rd Law, the Law of Action Reaction
d)
The Law of Conservation of Mass
8.

When the force on a car is doubled, the acceleration is doubled.

a)

Newton's 1st Law

b)

Newton's 2nd Law

c)

Newton's 3rd Law

9.

A skater pushes another skater forward, but the one pushing moves backwards.

a)

Newton's 1st Law

b)

Newton's 2nd Law

c)

Newton's 3rd Law

10.

The harder you hit a baseball, the faster it accelerates.

a)

Newton's 1st Law

b)

Newton's 2nd Law

c)

Newton's 3rd Law

11.

You push against a wall and the wall is pushing back on you.

a)

Newton's 1st Law

b)

Newton's 2nd Law

c)

Newton's 3rd Law

12.

You are carrying a lunch tray when you bump into the edge of a table. Although the tray did not tip, your milk falls off of the front of the tray.

a)

Newton's

1st

Law of Motion

b)

Newton's

2nd

Law of Motion

c)

Newton's

3rd

Law of Motion

13.

Which law best explains why more force must be applied to the bowling ball to make it accelerate at the same rate as the tennis ball.

a)

Newton's 1st Law

b)

Newton's 2nd Law

c)

Newton's 3rd Law

14.
Which one needs a greater net force to move, a kilogram of feathers or a kilogram of iron? 
a)
feathers 
b)
iron
c)
same
d)
depends on their friction
15.
What law of motion does this picture represent?
a)
Newtons 1st law
b)
Newtons 4th law 
c)
Newtons 3rd law 
d)
Newtons 2nd law
16.

A sports car speeds up much faster than a dump truck when a traffic light turns from red to green. Which law is this?

a)

Law 1

b)

Law 2

c)

Law 3

17.

Which of the following has more inertia?

a)

Bowling ball

b)

Tennis ball

18.

Which of the following has less inertia?

a)

Feather

b)

Hammer

19.

Newton's Third Law says that forces must always occur in _____.

a)

pairs

b)

groups of 20 or more

c)

individual circumstances

d)

friction

20.

What measurement is used to measure force?

a)

Newtons

b)

Kelvin

c)

Kilos

d)

Moles

21.
A cannonball with a mass of 0.5 kg is flying at an acceleration of 10 m/sec/sec. What is it's force?
a)
50 Newtons
b)
5 Newtons
c)
20 Newtons
d)
9.5 Newtons
22.
A cannonball with a mass of 10 kg is flying at an acceleration of 5 m/sec/sec. What is it's force?
a)
50 Newtons
b)
5 Newtons
c)
20 Newtons
d)
9.5 Newtons
23.
Which of the following is the same as a Newton?
a)
kg*m/sec/sec
b)
kg*m/sec
c)
m/sec/sec
d)
m/sec
24.
A force that opposes motion between a surface in contact with the atmosphere.
a)
air resistance
b)
gravity
c)
momentum
d)
terminal velocity
25.

Using Newton's 2nd law, a 3400 kg mass has what kind of acceleration if it has a +400 kg m/s2 force acted on it?

a)

1.09 m/s2

b)

0.12 m/s2

c)

8.7 m/s2

d)

2.41 m/s2

e)

0.45 m/s2

26.

A sprinter with a mass of 70 kg accelerates at a rate of

5 m/s2. What force is the sprinter exerting?

(a)  

27.

An 80 kg long jumper in flight accelerates at a rate of 10 m/s2. What is the force of the long jumper?

(a)  

28.

A tow truck pulls a 1,100 kg car and accelerates at a rate of 3 m/s2. What is the force of the tow truck?

(a)