Newton's Laws

1.       Moving faster as you pedal your bicycle harder on a level road demonstrates Newton’s ____ law.

• first

• second

• third

• gravity

1.       According to Newton’s ____ law, an object with no net force acting on it remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity.

• a.    first  

• b.    second     

•    c.   third

•        d.   apple

If you push against a wall, the wall pushes back against you with ____ force.

                                            

                            

• a.    no          

• b.    less                  

• c.   equal

• d.   more

An object is in equilibrium if ____ .

    

   

• a.    it has no weight                         

• b.    the net force on it is zero          

•    c.   it is accelerating

• d.   only one force is acting on it

Mass and weight are related by ____ .

        

                                       

• a.    the gravitational force          

• b.    newtons  

• c.   friction

• d.   inertia

The gravitational force exerted by a large object, such as Earth, is ____ .

                                       

                                          

• a.    weight          

• b.    mass           

• c.   acceleration

• d.   apparent weight

The force exerted by any segment of a string or rope on an adjoining segment is ____ .

                             

                                             

• a.    the drag force      

• b.    tension   

• c.   friction

• d.   the force of gravity

The normal force is the ____ force exerted by a surface on another object.

                       

                              

• a.    perpendicular field  

• b.    parallel contact  

• c.   perpendicular contact

• d.   parallel field

The force exerted by a fluid on an object moving through the fluid is ____ .

                           

                                  

• a.    tension     

• b.   thrust

• c.   the drag force

• d.   the force of gravity

When the drag force on an object equals the gravitational force, the object attains ____ .

                

            

• a.    acceleration      

• b.   apparent weight  

• c.   terminal velocity

• d.   maximum mass