Newton's Laws

A magician pulls a tablecloth out from under dishes and glasses on a table without disturbing them.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

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Pushing a child on a swing is easier than pushing an adult on the same swing, because the adult has more mass.

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• None of them

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Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a mass. The greater the mass (of the object being accelerated) the greater the amount of force needed (to accelerate the object).

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

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The swimmer moves her hand down and to the left and her body goes forward to the right.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law

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A rocket is sent into space.  When the power dies out, the rocket will just keep floating and moving in space forever (unless an unbalanced force, such as a meteor, runs into it).

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

Rockets are launched into space using jet propulsion where exhaust accelerates out from the rocket and the rocket accelerates in an opposite direction.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

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A person not wearing a seatbelt flies through a car window when someone slams on the breaks because the person’s body wants to remain in continuous motion even when the car stops.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

A soccer ball accelerates more than a bowling ball when thrown with the same force.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

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What is the net force and the direction of movement?

• 50 Newtons, Left
• 50 Newtons, Right
• 500 Newtons, RIght
• 450 Newtons, LEft

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Mass is a measure of an object's inertia. Objects with greater mass have a greater inertia; objects with less mass have less inertia.

• true 
• false 

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