Newton's 1st Law Miniquiz

What is Newton's First Law

• F=ma
• Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
• An object at rest stays at rest, an object in motion stays in motion. 
• Friction 

The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion

• acceleration
• inertia
• mass
• frame of reference

What is the net force?

• 20 N 
• 0 N 
• 400 N 
• 40 N 

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What kind(s) of objects have inertia?

• all objects with mass
• only objects at rest
• only objects in motion
• only objects whose motion is being changed

Which type of force(s) will cause a change in an object's motion?

• gravity
• zero net force
• balanced forces
• unbalanced forces

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If an object is not moving the forces acting upon it are _____________

• unbalanced
• weak
• balanced
• Hulk Smash!

What is the name for a push or pull?

• A movement
• A force
• Speed
• Density

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friction is a force that acts...

• in the same direction as the motion
• opposite to the direction of the motion
• opposite to the applied forces
• the same direction as the applied force

Which term explains why a crash-test dummy lunges forward during a car crash?

• inertia

• gravity

• velocity

What happens to an object at rest if balanced forces act upon it?

• The object remains at rest.

• The object begins to move at a constant speed.

• The object begins to move and then slows down

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