Newton's 1st Law

Name

Newton’s 1st Law is also known as

• The Law of Indefinite Proportions
• The Law of Inertia
• The Law of Conservation of Matter
• The Law of Conservation of Mass

Which scientist did experiments with motion by dropping objects from the Leaning Tower of Pisa?

• Newton
• Galileo
• Copernicus
• Aristotle

The tendency of things to resist changes in motion is known as

• friction
• Speed
• momentum
• Inertia

This quantity shows both magnitude and direction.

• Speed
• Scalar quantity
• mass
• Vector quantity

Which object has the most inertia if all objects have the same velocity?

• bowling ball
• Ping pong ball
• Tennis ball
• Golf ball

This quantity describes magnitude only.

• Vector quantity
• velocity
• Scalar quantity
• acceleration

If the sum of forces acting on an object equal 0, then the object is

• Moving only a little bit
• Accelerating backwards
• Accelerating forward
• In mechanical equilibrium

What is the net force on a bathroom scale when a 150-pound person stands on it?

• 0 N
• 140 N
• 150 lbs.
• 150 N

An object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an opposite force describes which of Newton’s Laws?

• Newton’s 3rd Law
• Newton’s 1st Law
• Newton’s 2nd Law
• Newton’s 4th Law