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Balanced or Unbalanced?
Newton's Laws
Forces
Motion
Speed & Velocity
100

Pushing a sled 

What is an unbalanced force?

100
An object will stay at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force

What is Newton's first law of motion?

100

A force is a _______ 

a) push

b) pull

c) both of these

What is both of these?

100

Knowing an object's position requires which of the following?

a. speed

b. time

c. displacement

d. reference point

What is a reference point?

100

Ms. O'Connell sprinted down the hallway for a science fair project. She ran a total of 60 meters in 20 seconds. What was her average speed? 

What is 3 m/s?

200

Book resting on a table

What is balanced?

200
The force exerted by an object is equal to the mass of that object times its acceleration.

What is Newton's Second Law of Motion?

200

A force that occurs when two objects are physically touching each other.

What is a contact force?

200

Who developed the three laws of motion?

What is Sir Isaac Newton?

200

What is the speed of an object that travels 40 meters in 5 seconds?

What is 8 m/s?

300

A rocket launching

What is unbalanced?

300

If you kick a soccer ball, it will eventually stop due to friction. Which law would be an example of this?

What is Newton's first law of motion?

300

Which of the following is NOT true of gravitational force?

a. noncontact 

b. depends on mass

c. depends on speed

d. distance

What is depends on speed?

300

Motion can be described through a change in ______.

a. speed

b. distance

c. position

d. time 

What is position? 

300

A cyclist rides 45 kilometers east in 5 hours. What is the cyclist's velocity? 

What is 9 km/hr east?

400

A car cruising at constant speed.

What is balanced?

400

In a rocket, hot gases are released downward and an equal upward force pushes the rocket forward. Which law would be an example of this?

What is Newton's Third Law of Motion? 

400

Gravity is an example of which kind of force?

What is noncontact?

400

What explains why objects resist changes in their state of motion?

a. Gravity

b. Inertia

c. Force

d. Friction

What is Inertia?

400

What is the velocity of a car that traveled 80 kilometers North in 2 hours?

What is 40 km/hr North? 

500

Magnet repelling or attracting objects

What is an unbalanced?
500

The heavier an object, like a rock, the more force needed to move it than a lighter object. This would be an example of which law?

What is Newton's Second Law of Motion?

500

A force depends on what two factors? 

What is magnitude and direction?

500
This is the rate at which an object's velocity changes over time, whether in speed or direction.

What is acceleration?

500
Velocity consists of what two factors?

What is speed and direction?