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Miscellaneous
Gravity
Speed, Velocity and Acceleration
Newton's Laws
Force
100

If I walk for 100 meters and then turn around and walk straight back for 25 meters, what is my distance and what is my displacement?

Distance is 125 m

Displacement is 75 m

100
As objects move farther apart, gravitational force ________.
What is decreases?
100

Velocity is calculated by _______ divided by ________.

What is distance and time?

100
An object's resistance to change its motion is called ______?
What is inertia?
100
A/An _______ force is required to change an object's motion.
What is unbalanced (net)?
200

Isaac Newton found that the acceleration due to gravity is _______ m/sec2.

What is 9.8

200
What is the measurement of the force of gravity on an object?
What is weight?
200

When we graph velocity using distance and time, which variable goes on the y-axis (vertical)?

What is distance?

200

Which of Newton's Law of Motion is also called the Law of Inertia?

What is the 1st Law?

200
What force opposes all motion?
What is friction?
300

If the same force acts on three different objects with three different masses, which object will accelerate the fastest?

What is the smallest object?

300
An object with more mass will experience ________ gravitational force.
What is larger?
300
A car travelling at 30 /sec slows to a stop in 6 seconds. What is the car's acceleration?
What is -5 m/sec squared?
300
Newton's 2nd Law of Motion shows a direct relationship between acceleration and _________ and an indirect relationship between acceleration and _______.
What is applied force and mass?
300
Which way and with what force will a table move if a force of 25 N is pushing to the left and a force of 15 N is pushing to the right?
What is 10 N to the left?
400
Friction always acts _______ the objects motion.
What is opposite?
400

In our Pendulum lab we calculated the acceleration due to gravity. What was the value we were trying to achieve? (What number did we compare our answer to?

What is 980 cm/sec squared?

400
Give three ways an object can accelerate.
What is speed up, slow down, or change direction?
400
Which of Newton's Laws states: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction?
What is 3rd?
400
If an object is moving at a constant speed all the forces on the object must be ______________.
What is balanced?
500

The highest velocity reached by a falling object, when gravity and air resistance are equal, is called ________ velocity.

What is terminal?

500

An object in freefall for 5 seconds will have a velocity of _________.

What is 49 m/sec?

500

On a distance versus time graph, the steeper the slope of the line the _________ the velocity.

What is greater?

500
What one property effects the amount of inertia of an object?
What is mass?
500
A man is pushing a box along the floor. Name three forces acting on the box.
What are friction, the applied force (man pushing), gravity, the floor pushing up on the box?