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Speed in a particular direction is _____ 

momentum

speed

velocity

position

Velocity 

100

An object’s place or location is called its _____.

momentum

speed

velocity

position

position

100

How far an object moves in a given amount of time is a measure of its ______.

momentum

speed

velocity

position

Speed

100

An object’s ____ is the product of its velocity and its mass.

momentum

speed

velocity

position

Momentum

200

 Newton’s third law of motion can be stated this way: For every ______, there is an equal and opposite _____.

inertia

action force

acceleration

reaction force

action force

reaction force

200

 A statement of the ______ might be this: Everything is attracted to everything else.

orbit

velocity

law of universal gravitation

law of universal gravitation

200

When an object undergoes _____, it speeds up, slows downs, stops, or changes direction.

acceleration

speed

velocity

acceleration

200

An ______ is the path a body in space takes as it revolves around another body. 

action force

momentum

orbit

orbit

300

The property of matter that resists any change in an object’s motion is _____

inertia

speed

reaction force

inertia

300

The first law of motion says that an object at rest will remain at rest unless-

  1. It continues in a straight line

  2. A nearby star acts on it

  3. An outside force acts on it

  4. It is placed on a flat surface

An outside force acts on it

300

When you observe an object, how do you know if it is moving?

  1. Its mass and velocity change

  2. Its frame of reference changes

  3. Its position changes

  4. Its momentum changes

Its position changes

300

If an equal force acts on each of the following objects, which will have the greatest acceleration?

  1. A golf ball

  2. A soccer ball

  3. A football

  4. A baseball

A golf ball

400

If gravitation suddenly stopped, Earth would move-

  1. In the same orbit

  2. In the opposite direction

  3. Nowhere

  4. In a straight line

In a straight line

400

Unlike speed, velocity includes-

  1. Direction

  2. Acceleration

  3. Mass

  4. Time

Direction

400

When a baseball player strikes a ball with a bat, the ball exerts a force on the bat. What is this an example of?

  1. Universal Law of Gravitation

  2. Frame of reference

  3. The second law of motion

  4. The third law of motion

The third law of motion

400

According to the third law of motion, for every action there is 

  1. A force sending it backward

  2. An equal and opposite reaction

  3. A greater force pushing on it

  4. A movement in all directions

An equal and opposite reaction

500

A train traveling on a curved track at a constant speed is accelerating because-

  1. The train travels faster around a curved track

  2. The direction of the train is constantly changing

  3. The train’s size will eventually slow it down

  4. The clockwise direction of the train is constant

The direction of the train is constantly changing

500

A person driving a car and a person walking have different views of motion of an object. Each person has a different-

  1. Acceleration

  2. Position

  3. Frame of reference

  4. Orbit

Frame of reference

500

 A golf ball hits a tennis ball. The golf ball stops, but the tennis ball rolls away. This is an example of-

  1. Gravitation

  2. Conservation of momentum

  3. Equal and opposite forces

  4. velocity

Conservation of momentum

500

The brakes on an adult bicycle must be stronger than the brakes on a children’s bicycle because–

  1. A child’s mass causes more momentum

  2. An adult’s mass causes less momentum

  3. An adult rider is farther from the ground

  4. An adult rider will have more momentum

An adult rider will have more momentum

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