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- 1. Multiple Choice
Henry sees a basketball and decides to put in motion. What kind of force does Henry use to move the ball?
small
balanced
equal
unbalanced
- 2. Multiple ChoiceNewton’s first law of motion is also called the law of ________?MassInertiaForceVelocity
- 3. Multiple ChoiceSlamming on the brakes in a moving car makes a passenger move forward against his or her seat belt becausethe passenger has the inertia to keep moving forwardthe passenger is being pushed by the seats of the carthe passenger is better able to stop themselves in this mannerthe passenger has an equal and opposite force supporting their weight
- 4. Multiple ChoiceHow long will an object remain at rest, according to Newton's First Law of Motion?it can't restuntil noonuntil an unbalanced force occursas long as there are unbalanced forces acting on it
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these is an example of Newton's First Law, inertia?pushing against a brick wall, and the brick wall does not movepushing against a stationary wheelbarrow, and the wheelbarrow accelerates forwardpushing a wheelbarrow full of bricks, and the bricks slide back toward the handlespushing a wagon to the top of a hill, and the wagon to the top of hill and the wagon accelerates down the hill without assistance
- 6. Multiple ChoiceYou are holding a bowl of hot soup while standing in the kitchen. As you begin to move, the soup spills out of the bowl. Upon reflection you realize thatthe soup spilled because of air resistanceif you had traveled faster this wouldn't have happenedthe soup wanted to stay where it was, but you moved the bowlthe soup and the bowl act as one body with the same velocity
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these is an example of Newton's Second Law, F=maa tug of war where both sides pull equally, and the rope doesn't movea wide receiver using his hands to stop and catch a football thrown by the quarterbacka car traveling on a straight part of the highway with a cruise control set at constant velocitya book pushing down on the desk where it is resting
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhen a person jumps horizontally off the end of a boat, the person goes forward and the boat goes backward. This is an example ofinertiaaction and reactionNewton's 1st lawNewton's 2nd law
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhen a Civil War era cannon is fired, the force of the gas produced by exploding powder propels the cannonball forward at a high speed. According to Newton's 3rd lawthe cannon itself moves backwardthe cannon itself does not move due to inertiathe cannon itself moves forward as well with the momenturmthe cannon itself moves forward with the inertia of the cannonball
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAccording to Newton's Third Law, what is the equal and opposite force to the downward force of gravity on a man standing on the beach?the man pulling upward on the earththe force of friction holding the man stillthe pull of the sun keeping the earth in orbitthe surrounding air pressure keeping the man in equilibrium
- 11. Multiple ChoiceA magician pulls a tablecloth out from under dishes and glasses on a table without disturbing them.Newton's 1st LawNewton's 2nd LawNewton's 3rd LawNone of them
- 12. Multiple Choice
A person’s body is thrown outward as a car rounds a curve on a highway.
Newton's 1st Law
Newton's 2nd Law
Newton's 3rd Law
None of them
- 13. Multiple ChoiceRockets are launched into space using jet propulsion where exhaust accelerates out from the rocket and the rocket accelerates in an opposite direction.Newton's 1st LawNewton's 2nd LawNewton's 3rd LawNone of them
- 14. Multiple ChoiceA picture is hanging on a wall and does not move.Newton's 1st LawNewton's 2nd LawNewton's 3rd LawNone of them
- 15. Multiple ChoiceA person not wearing a seatbelt flies through a car window when someone slams on the breaks because the person’s body wants to remain in continuous motion even when the car stops.Newton's 1st LawNewton's 2nd LawNewton's 3rd LawNone of them
- 16. Multiple Choice
Pushing a child on a swing is easier than pushing an adult on the same swing, because the adult has more mass.
Newton's 1st Law
Newton's 2nd Law
Newton's 3rd Law
None of them
- 17. Multiple ChoiceA soccer ball accelerates more than a bowling ball when thrown with the same force.Newton's 1st LawNewton's 2nd LawNewton's 3rd LawNone of them
- 18. Multiple ChoiceA student leaves a pencil on a desk and the pencil stays in the same spot until another student picks it up.Newton's 1st LawNewton's 2nd LawNewton's 3rd LawNone of them
- 19. Multiple Choice
While driving down the road, a firefly strikes the windshield of a bus and makes a quite obvious mess in front of the face of the driver.
The firefly hit the bus and the bus hits the firefly. Which of the two forces is greater: the force on the firefly or the force on the bus?
Force on the firefly is greater
Force on the bus is greater
Both forces are equal
Hard to say, insufficient information.
- 20. Multiple Choice
For years, space travel was believed to be impossible because there was nothing that rockets could push off of in space in order to provide the propulsion necessary to accelerate. This inability of a rocket to provide propulsion is because ...
space is void of air so the rockets have nothing to push off of
gravity is absent in space.
space is void of air and so there is no air resistance in space.
nonsense! Rockets do accelerate in space and have been able to do so for a long time
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