Laws of Motion and Acceleration

Acceleration is caused by a force acting on a mass.

• Newton’s first law of motion
• Newton’s second law of motion
• Newton’s third law of motion

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This equation goes with which law?

• Newton's first law of motion
• Newton's second law of motion
• Newton's third law of motion
• None of these

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Your car has a mass of 2500 kg and a force of 5000 N.  How fast will it accelerate?

• 20 m/s²
• 2 m/s²
• 0.5 m/s²
• 120 N 

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The harder you hit a baseball, the faster it accelerates.

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

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A force of 90N is applied to each cart below, which one will accelerate the fastest?

• Cart 1
• Cart 2
• Cart 3 
• Cart 4

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The SI units for force are...

• Kilograms
• Newtons
• Meters per second
• Pounds

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What is the net force?

• 17 N Right
• 3 N Right
• 3 N Left
• 17 N Left

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F=ma

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

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True or False.  20,000 N= 20,000 kg ⋅ m/s²

• True
• False

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The acceleration produced by a net force on an object is

• directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force
• in the same direction as the net force
• inversely proportional to the mass of the object
• all of the above

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