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Science Study Guide - Chapter 12 - Newton's Laws of Motion



Multiple Choice
 

 1. 

If a ball is rolling and there is no force acting on the ball, then
a.
the ball will roll forever.
c.
the ball will speed up.
b.
the ball will stop.
d.
the ball will slow down.
 

 2. 

Which is true of a car moving at a constant speed in a constant direction?
a.
The forces acting on the car are unbalanced.
c.
There is a net force acting on the car.
b.
The forces acting on the car are balanced.
d.
none of the above
 

 3. 

What would happen if you dropped a hammer and a feather at the same time on the Moon?
a.
The hammer would fall faster.
c.
The hammer and the feather would fall at the same rate.
b.
The feather would fall faster.
d.
The hammer and the feather wouldn’t fall at all.
 

 4. 

What happens between objects when one object exerts a force on another object?
a.
The second object feels no force, and the first object feels the reaction force.
c.
The second object feels the action force, and the first object feels no force.
b.
The second object feels the action force, and the first object feels the reaction force.
d.
The second object feels the reaction force, and the first object feels the action force.
 

 5. 

An 8-newton force is applied to a 4-kg object. What is the object’s rate of acceleration?
a.
4 meters per second each second
c.
12 meters per second each second
b.
8 meter per second each second
d.
2 meters per second each second
 

 6. 

If the same force is applied to each object, which object will travel the farthest?
a.
a baseball
c.
a large truck
b.
a car
d.
a large bus
 

Completion
 

 7. 

When one object applies a force to a second object, that force is called the ____________________________________.
 

 

 8. 

The force that acts against moving objects is called ___________________________________.     
 

 

 9. 

The name for the attractive force between the mass of Earth and the mass of objects on Earth is __________________________________.
 

 

 10. 

The speed of a moving object together with its direction of travel gives the object’s _____________________________________.
 

 

 11. 

How fast an object is changing its position with time at any moment is its _________________________________.
 

 

 12. 

The pull of gravity on an object is called the object’s __________________________.
 

 

 13. 

The tendency of an object to resist a change in its state of motion is called the object’s _____________________________________.
 

 

 14. 

A change in velocity is called ___________________________________________.
 

 

 15. 

When all of the forces on an object cancel one another out, the forces are said to be _________________________________________.
 

 

 16. 

The push or pull that acts on an object is a __________________________________.
 

 

 17. 

The equation _________________________ shows how change in speed is related to force and mass.
 

 

 18. 

The symbol on a map which shows cardinal directions (N, S, E, W) is called a ________________________________.
 

 

Other
 

 19. 

WORD BANK: 
gravity, acceleration, force, action, speed, weight, a=F/m, compass, friction, balanced, velocity, inertia
 



 
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