Name: _________ Date:___________ Period:____________

Ms. Kings Diagnostic Test

Directions: Match the vocabulary word with its definition.
1. Inertia A. The rate at which velocity changes
overtime
2. Acceleration B. The overall force acting on an object
when all of the forces acting on it are
combined
3. Force C. A measure of how much matter an
object is made of
4. Mass D. The resistance of an object to a change
in the speed or the direction of its
motion
5. Net force E. A push or pull; something that changes
the motion of an object

Directions: Write true in the blank if the statement is correct, write false in the blank if the
statement is incorrect.
6. ____ Newtons first law states that for every force there is an equal or opposite force
7._____ Newtons second law states that force=mass x acceleration
8. ____ Newtons third law states that every time one object exerts a force on another object, the
second object exerts a force that is equal in size and opposite in direction back on the first object.
9. ____The standard unit for force is called the newton (N).
10. ____ Newtons second law states that the acceleration of an object increases with increased
force and decreases with increased mass.