Laws of Motion
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100
An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
What is Newton's First Law of Motion
100
Newton created ________ (how many?) laws of motion.
What is 3 laws of motion.
100
You run into your friend while skating and both of you fall in opposite directions. This is an example of which law of motion?
What is Newton's 3rd law.
100

If a car is traveling westward with a constant velocity of 20 m/s, what is the net force acting on the car?

What is 0 N?

100

This is a measure of the amount of matter in an object.

What is Mass

200

This is the natural tendency of objects to keep on doing what they're doing.

What is Inertia

200
The two types of friction are ______ and ______.

What are static and kinetic?

200
An astronaut throws an object in space in order to be thrust back toward the international space station.

What is Newton's Third Law.

200

Suppose an object weighs 30.0 N. What is the mass of the object?

What is 3.06 kg?

200

This is the sum of forces acting on an object.

What is Net Force?

300

A force ________ causes acceleration.

What is imbalance?

300

This guy, along with Newton, is credited with coming up with the idea of intertia.

Who is Galileo Galilei?

300

You let the air out of a balloon- the air goes one way and the balloon goes the opposite direction. This is an example of which law of motion?

What is Newton's Third Law.

300

Suppose the normal force on an object is 20 N, and the force of kinetic friction opposing the motion of the object is 5 N. This number is the coefficient of kinetic friction?

What is 0.25?

300

This illustrates all forces acting on an object.

What is a Free-Body Diagram?

400
F = M * A Force = Mass x Acceleration
What is Newton's Second Law of Motion
400
This is a push or pull.
What is a Force.
400
You left your book on a desk in Mrs. Buckalew's room and it is still there the next morning. This is an example of which law of motion?
What is Newton's First Law.
400

Suppose the net force (in the x-direction) on a 15 kg object is 110 N. How fast will the object accelerate in the x-direction?

What is 7.3 m/s^2?

400

A physical quantity that is a measure of how much inertia an object has.

What is mass?

500
Newton's 3rd law states this, "For ...
What is "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."
500
This is a force of resistance between 2 objects,
What is Friction
500
A baseball hit with a wooden bat goes farther than a baseball hit with a plastic bat. This is an example of which law of motion?
What is Newton's Second Law.
500

Suppose a 100 kg object is moving on a flat surface, and the force of kinetic friction opposing the object's motion is 100 N. This number represents the coefficient of kinetic friction between the object and the surface.

What is 0.10?

500

This is the natural tendency of objects to keep on doing what they're doing.

What is Inertia?