Newton's Laws of Motion

Newton's first law of motion states that an object will not experience a change in motion unless acted upon by a balanced force.

• true
• False

To increase acceleration of an object, you reduce its mass or increase the applied force

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Newton's third law of motion states that if one object exerts a force on another object, then the second object exerts a force of equal strength in the same direction.

• true
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

Resistance to change in motion is called stasis.

• true
• False

Action and reaction forces acting in opposite directions do cancel out because they act on different objects.

• true
• False

If you lean against a wall, the wall pushes back on you with a weaker force.

• true
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

Newton's second law of motion states that an object's acceleration depends on its ___________________ and on the net force acting on it.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Acceleration is measured in

• newtons
• meters per second
• second per meter
• meters per second squared

Force is measured in a unit called the

• newton
• meter
• kilogram
• meters per second
• meters per second squared

The smaller the mass of an object, the ___________________________ it's inertia

• more equal
• greater
• lower
• more unbalanced