Test Review Newton’s Laws Unit 6

Name: _______________________________________ Class Period: ______

1. Newton’s first law is the law of inertia. Which would have more inertia: A bowling ball, feather,
or a mouse?

2. What types of forces allow an object to stay at rest or at a constant velocity?

a. Balanced
b. Unbalanced
c. Accelerated
d. Applied

3. Describe the forces acting on an object sitting on a table. Are they balanced or unbalanced?
_______________________

4. Unbalanced forces always cause an object to stop, start, speed up, slow down, or change
direction. What is one word that can be used to describe all of these changes in
motion?______________________________

5. A train that is accelerating at 5m/s2 down the tracks and crashes into a car. If the train weighs
20,000kg, how much force does the car experience:

6. What will be the result of the following situation?

82 N 67 N

Net Force: ______________ Direction of Motion: _________

Is this balanced or unbalanced forces? _______________

7. If the teams in question 6 keep pulling with the same force, then what will be the result
a. The winning team will move backwards with an ever increasing speed
b. The winning team will move backwards with a constant speed
c. The winning team will not move
d. The winning team will move backwards with a slowing speed
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8. Use Newton’s 2nd Law, F = ma. If a hang-glider with a mass of 100 kg accelerates 5 m/s2, when
he smashes into a cliff, what is the force?

9. Newton’s 2nd law describes the relationship between Force & Mass. It can be written that Force
= mass multiplied by acceleration (F = ma). How would you re-write the formula if you had to
find the mass and were given the force and the acceleration:
a. m = F/a
b. m = F x a
c. m = a/F
d. m = a + F

10. Newton’s third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. If a car
smashes into a wall with 4,000 N of force, and the wall doesn’t move, then how much force
does the wall exert back on the car?

11. If two forces are pulling on an object with 4 Newtons each to the right, and one force is pulling
on an object with 4 Newtons to the left. What is the net force?
a. O N
b. 4 N right
c. 4 N left
d. 8 N right

12. Two 2000 kg cars run into a brick wall at the same time, both accelerating 8 m/s2 as they crash,
how much force is exerted on the wall?

13. According to the definition of inertia, objects in motion should remain in__ _______ and objects
at rest should stay at _______.

14. Which force causes an acceleration of 9.8m/s2 on earth: _________________

15. If a ball is rolling forward, then the force of friction is acting in which direction:
a. Forward
b. Backward
c. Upward
d. Downward
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16. Which force causes things to slow down on earth:

a. Gravity
b. Friction
c. Magnetic
d. Strong Nuclear Force

17. What is Newton’s 1st law:

a. Law of Gravity
b. Law of action-reaction
c. Law of force and acceleration
d. Law of inertia

18. What is Newton’s 2nd law:

e. Law of Gravity
f. Law of action-reaction
g. Law of force and acceleration
h. Law of inertia

19. What is Newton’s 3rd law:

i. Law of Gravity
j. Law of action-reaction
k. Law of force and acceleration
l. Law of inertia

20. Which of Newton’s laws is best represented by a boy trying to see how far he can kick a soccer
ball, a tennis ball, and a bowling ball?

21. Which of Newton’s laws is best represented by throwing a ball at a wall and seeing how far it
bounces back?

22. Which of Newton’s Laws would be best represented by a girl flying over her handle bars as she
accidentally pushes on the front brake of her bicycle?

23. A spacecraft is drifting at a constant speed of 500m/s. If a 20N Force is applied to the front of
the craft and a 20N force is applied to the back of the craft, what will be the result?
a. The spacecraft will stop with the balanced forces
b. The spacecraft will continue at the same speed with the balanced forces
c. The spacecraft will increase its speed forward
d. The spacecraft will decrease its speed forward