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Define force.
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The ___ _____ on an object is the combination of all forces acting on an object.
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Define Newton's First Law of Motion.
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If the forces are Balanced, then the Net Force is ____.
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Define Newton's Second Law of Motion.
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Define Newton's Third Law of Motion.
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What is sliding Friction?
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What is rolling friction?
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What is Static friction?
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Define fluid friction.
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When two objects in contact try to slide past each other, What keeps them from moving?
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What is the difference between BALANCED forces and UNBALANCED forces?
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What is the equation for Newton's Second Law of Motion?
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What is the SI Unit for mass?
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What is the SI Unit for force and what is its symbol?
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What is gravity?
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What happens to a moving object if the resultant force is zero?

 

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What force is needed to give an acceleration of 2 m/s2 to a 4 kg box?

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The same resulant force is applied to three balls. Which ball experience the greatest acceleration?

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If we double the resultant force applied to an object, what happens to its acceleration?

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A car travels 100 m in 5 s. What is its average speed?

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What does a horizontal line on a distance-time graph represent?

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What does a horizontal line on a velocity-time graph represent?

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A car accelerates from rest to 30 m/s in 15 s. What is its acceleration?

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What does the gradient on a distance-time graph represent?

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What does the gradient on a velocity-time graph represent?

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What does the area under a velocity-time graph represent?

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An astronaut has a mass of 100 kg. What is his weight on Earth if the gravitational field strength is 10 N/kg?

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An astronaut has a mass of 100 kg. What is his weight on the Moon if the gravitational field strength is 1.6 N/kg?

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In which direction does friction act?

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You are riding fast on a skateboard when your wheel suddenly gets stuck in a crack on the sidewalk. Why does your body go flying forward?

a. there is a net force pushing you off your skateboard

b. your inertia keeps you moving forward

c. someone pushed you 

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Which force causes objects to fall?

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What can we say about the resultant force acting on an object at terminal velocity?

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. You just collected a huge bag of leaves in your yard, and you need to move it out to the curb. How could you get the bag to move faster?

a. use more force (push harder)

b. take some leaves out to make it weigh less (make it lighter)

c. both of the above would work (both pushing harder and making it lighter) 

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Which of the following can increase the braking distance for a moving car?

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The tendency of an object to resist change in motion is called

  1. inertia
  2. force
  3. gravity
  4. weight
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If you increase the force on an object, what else is likely to increase?

  1. volume
  2. acceleration
  3. mass
  4. density
  5. weight
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What determines how much something weighs?

  1. pull of gravity
  2. amount of mass
  3. where it stays on Earth
  4. None of these
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A force that pulls things toward the center of the Earth is      _          .
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A place or object used for comparison to determine if something is in motion is called

  1. a position
  2. a reference point
  3. a constant
  4. velocity
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This describes a body's reluctance to change its state of motion.

  1. inertia
  2. friction
  3. force
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When an object is in free fall

  1. its speed stays the same
  2. it decelarates
  3. it accelerates
  4. none of the above
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For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction is which of Newton's Laws of Motion?

  1. First
  2. Second
  3. Third
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The speed at any given time is called the

  1. velocity
  2. average speed
  3. instantaneous speed
  4. all of the above
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What is the equation for Newton's Second Law?
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