Newton's Second Law Review

Football A has a greater mass than football B.  Which football will have greater acceleration when both are thrown with the same force in the same direction?

• Football A
• Football B
• They will have the same acceleration
• Mass has no effect on acceleration

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What is the acceleration of an object traveling at a constant velocity?

• 10 m/s²
• 0 m/s²
• 250 m/s²
• 20 m/s²

True or false.  Mass resists acceleration.

• True
• False

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True or false.  The appropriate units for velocity are m/s²

• True
• False

What are the appropriate units to describe acceleration?

• m/s
• m/s²
• cm
• there are no units associated with acceleration

How can acceleration be described?

• distance divided by time
• time divided by distance
• force divided by time
• change in velocity divided by time

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How can Newton's second law be represented  mathematically? 

• F=MA
• M= F/A
• A= F/M
• All are correct

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Acceleration is a change in...

• Inertia
• Gravity
• Velocity
• Distance

Acceleration changes and object's...

• speed, direction or both
• speed, gravity or both
• gravity, direction or both
• inertia, speed or both

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Deceleration is...

• Speed up
• Slow down
• Fly forward
• Jump downward