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An antelope is being chased across the savannah by a hungry lion. The lion runs at a constant speed. How might the antelope use its velocity to escape the lion? Choose the three statements that apply.
It can run at the same speed but change direction.
It can run in the same direction but increase its speed.
It can both increase speed and change direction.
It can decrease speed but continue running in the same direction.
The bumpy pattern on the soles of shoes is called the tread. Melanie and Keisha are at the store looking at the treads on different basketball shoes. They want new shoes so that they do not slide around on the basketball court. Which of these situations produces the most friction between the shoes and the floor?
a girl with less mass wearing shoes with more tread
a girl with less mass wearing shoes with less tread
a girl with greater mass wearing shoes with more tread
a girl with greater mass wearing shoes with less tread
Anna hits a golf ball, and it soars through the air toward the green. It travels in an arc over the ground. Which statement does not describe the ball’s acceleration before it stops?
It increases speed.
It decreases speed.
It changes its overall direction.
It moves in the same direction.
Carmen is helping load furniture and boxes onto a moving truck. She picks up boxes of her things, places them on a cart, and pushes the cart to the moving van. What type of force Carmen is using?
Andrew plays trumpet in the concert band. He holds the trumpet still at his side until it is time for him to play. When it is time, he brings the trumpet up to his mouth and starts to play. Which statement correctly connects the motion of the trumpet with Newton’s first law of motion?
A tuba has more mass than a trumpet, so it has greater inertia
The trumpet automatically stops moving without a force acting on it.
The trumpet starts moving because a net force overcomes the trumpet's inertia.
Andrew exerts an action force on the trumpet, and the trumpet exerts a reaction force on Andrew.
Suppose a bulldozer is being hauled on the back of a flatbed truck at 50 km/h to a construction site. From which reference point would the bulldozer not appear to be moving?
the road
a traffic light
the truck driver
a roadside tree
Jerome has a tow truck, and he is in charge of moving several vehicles for the city. He wants to explain to his niece how towing vehicles relates to Newton’s second law. Which statement should he use?
The greater the vehicular mass, the less force the tow truck will use.
The greater the vehicular mass, the more force the tow truck will use.
The vehicular mass has no effect on the amount of force the tow truck uses.
The vehicular mass pulls on the tow truck in the opposite direction.
Ahmed saw all of these things as he walked to school this morning. Which one is an example of a force pushing downward toward the ground?
A bird sat on a telephone wire.
A woman moved her child from one place to another in a wagon.
A man pulled weeds in his garden.
A dog tugged on a rope held by a child.
Miko is blowing up balloons for her little sister’s birthday party. One of the balloons slips out of her hand before she ties it off, and it shoots through the air until it is empty. Which statement explains what caused the balloon to accelerate?
The air leaving through the balloon's mouth pushes on the air surrounding the balloon, so the balloon experiences a net force.
All air surrounding the balloon pushes the balloon forward.
The mass of the air leaving the balloon is greater than the mass of the balloon, so the balloon moves forward.
When the balloon pushes on the leaving air, the leaving air pushes back on the balloon, so the balloon experiences a net force.
Mr. Wang works in a recycling center. Recyclable materials arrive at the center mixed together. Workers use magnets to separate steel cans from other items. Which two statements are true about the force between a steel can and a magnet?
Gravity pushes the can toward the magnet.
The force between the can and the magnet is a noncontact force.
The attraction between the can and the magnet is a pull.
The attraction between the can and the magnet is a push.
Keisha has two large dogs and a small dog. The dogs like to play tug-the-rope together. Each of these three diagrams shows one way that the dogs play together with the rope. Look at each arrow and the number that goes with it. They show the direction and amount of force each dog exerts on the rope.
Look at the middle diagram, where the large dog and the small dog tug on the rope. Which statement correctly explains the amount and direction of the net force acting on the rope, and which direction the rope will move?
The net force is 8 N to the left, and the rope will move to the right.
The net force is 8 N to the left, and the rope will move to the left.
The net force is 32 N to the left, and the rope will move to the left.
The net force is 32 N to the right, and the rope will move to the right.
An astronaut in space might feel weightless, but there still is a gravitational attraction between the astronaut and Earth. Which two factors affect this gravitational attraction?
the masses of Earth and the astronaut
the weight of Earth and the astronaut
the rotation of Earth
the distance between Earth and the astronaut
Pace left home at 8 am to spend the day at an amusement park. He arrived at the park, which was 150 km from his house, at 10 am. Pace explained that his speed was 38 km/h, which was a/an _____________ speed, but the fastest speed he went was 60 km/h.
Daphne is a pilot for a package delivery service. As her plane takes off and travels away from Earth’s surface, its gravitational potential energy increases. Which three factors affect the plane’s gravitational potential energy?
mass, volume, surface area
mass, fluid friction, height
acceleration due to gravity, mass, height
height, acceleration due to gravity, volume
David delivers meals to elderly people once a week. He uses a cart to move the meals. The cart has four smooth wheels. Which type of friction acts between the cart wheels and the sidewalk?
For the forces on the two dogs in the middle diagram, are the forces balanced or unbalanced?
Balanced
Unbalanced
Pace left home at 8 am to spend the day at an amusement park. He arrived at the park, which was 150 km from his house, at 10 am. Pace explained that the fastest speed he went was 60 km/h, which was a/an ___________ speed
Carlos likes to bowl. He timed how long it took for his ball to travel the length of a an 18-m lane in the bowling alley. He plotted the final distance and time on a line graph. Carlos drew a line from this point to the origin of the graph.
How far down the lane was the ball after it had traveled for 2 s?
6 m
9 m
12 m
18 m
For the forces on the two dogs in the left diagram, are the forces balanced or unbalanced?
Balanced
Unbalanced
Miguel learned about the difference between mass and weight. He wanted to investigate what he would weigh at different locations in our solar system. He used this table to organize data he found out about Earth, the moon, Neptune, and Mercury. He needs to fill out the rest of the table.
How would Miguel's mass on Neptune compare to his mass on Earth?
It would be less.
It would be greater.
It would be the same.
It would vary compared to the distance between the planets.
A noncontact force needs to touch nothing for a force to be applied to another object.
True
False
_______________ is the force of gravity on a mass
For the forces on the two dogs in the right diagram, are the forces balanced or unbalanced?
Balanced
Unbalanced
A contact force needs to touch nothing for a force to be applied to another object.
True
False
One man pushes on the front of a cart while another man pushes on the back of the cart. The cart begins to move forward. Is the force balanced or unbalanced?
Balanced
Unbalanced
One man pushes on the front of a cart while another man pushes on the back of the cart. The cart begins to move forward. The net force on the cart is
equal to zero
not equal to zero
A child is riding in a wagon. What reference point might have been used if an observer said that the child was not moving?
a house nearby
the wagon itself
a car traveling in the opposite direction
an airplane in the sky
What three changes in motion show that an object is accelerating
It speeds up
It stays the same speed
it slows down
it changes direction
A ball is pushed from a stop and rolls 6 m in 2s. Student A says the average speed of the ball is 3 m/s. Student B says the average speed of the ball is 1.5 m/s squared. Student C says the average speed of the ball is 3 m/s squared. Student D says the average speed of the ball is 1.5 m/s. Which student is correct
Student A
Student B
Student C
Student D
Mass is the force of gravity on a weight
True
False
The net force acting on an object equals the product of the object's mass and its acceleration. This is an explanation of which of Newton's Law's
Newton's first law
Newton's second law
Newton's third law
Newton's fourth law
A cross-country runner runs 4 km in 15 minutes. What can you calculate using this information?
A girl pushes in the classroom door to open it. Which two terms accurately describes the net force acting on the door?
contact and balanced
contact and unbalanced
noncontact and balanced
noncontact and unbalanced
A dog pulling on a leash while walking down the sidewalk. What frame of reference would indicate that the dog is not moving?
A nearby building
A tree
The leash
An airplane
What word describes resistance to change in motion?
A woman is taking a walk, moving at a rate of 80 m/min. What additional information would you need to determine her velocity
her average speed
her direction
her mass
her velocity
Two satellites collide in space. If the first satellite had less mass, but the force of the collision was the same, then, for the second satellite, the collision would have
caused the satellite to accelerate more quickly
caused the satellite to accelerate more slowly
caused the satellite to accelerate at the same rate
had no effect on the satellite's original motion
Two dogs pull on a rope. One dog pulls with a force of 5 N to the left, and the other dog pulls with a force of 3N to the right. What is the result?
The rope remains in place
The rope moves to the left
The rope moves to the right
The rope has a balanced force applied to it.
The acceleration of a baseball after it is hit by a bat depends on the mass of the ball and the net force on the ball. This example best illustrates what law?
Newton's first law of motion
Newton's second law of motion
Newton's third law of motion
Newton's law of universal gravitation
Which statement about acceleration is always true?
The unit m/s is the SI unit of acceleration.
For objects to accelerate, they must speed up.
Either a change in speed or a change in direction causes acceleration.
Both speed and direction must change for acceleration to occur.
You can find the speed on a distance-versus-time graph by finding the ___________ of the line.
When is there static friction between your desk, chair, and the floor?
when the chair sits still
when the chair falls to the floor
when you lift the chair
when you slide your chair under your desk
A soccer player kicks a ball. Which of the following describes the reaction force to this kick?
friction between the ball and the foot
friction between the ball and the ground
force applied to the ground by the foot
force applied to the foot by the ball
When two satellites collide in space the action-reaction forces during the collision are:
unequal in strength and in opposite direction
unequal and in the same direction
equal in strength and in opposite direction
equal in strength and in the same direction
What is the relationship between the kinetic energy of an object and the mass of an object? Assume the speed is constant.
Kinetic energy gets bigger at the same rate as the mass of an object
Kinetic energy gets bigger at a faster rate than the increase of a mass of an object
Kinetic energy decreases as the mass of an object increases
Kinetic energy decreases at a faster rate than the increase of a mass of an object
Two satellites collide in space. Each satellite has a different mass. The collision caused one satellite to change directions. Was the force applied by the first satellite balance for unbalanced during the collision?
balanced
unbalanced
Space X Dragon capsule is about ready to dock with the International Space Station (ISS). They are both travelling at 28,163 kph 400 km above the Earth's surface. and are about 1.2 km away from each other. The mass of the ISS is 419,709 kg and the mass of Dragon is 12,055 kg. What gravitational attraction do you think is stronger?
the gravitational attraction between Dragon and the ISS
the gravitational attraction between the ISS and Earth
the gravitational attraction between Dragon and Earth
the gravitational attraction between the moon and the ISS
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