Newton's Laws Quiz #1

Question 1

force

Answer 1

a push or a pull

Question 2

contact force

Answer 2

arises from physical contact

Question 3

action-at-a-distance force (field force)

Answer 3

does not require contact and includes gravity/electric forces

Question 4

mass

Answer 4

a measure of the amount of “stuff” contained in an object

Question 5

force is a

Answer 5

vector

Question 6

Newton’s 1st Law of motion (law of inertia)

Answer 6

an object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion

Question 7

net force

Answer 7

the vector sum of all of the forces acting on an object

Question 8

inertia

Answer 8

the natural tendency of an object to remain at rest or in motion at a constant speed along a straight line

Question 9

The mass of an object is the

Answer 9

quantitative measure of inertia

Question 10

Newton’s second law of motion

Answer 10

net force=mass x acceleartion

Question 11

net force represents

Answer 11

backwards e, f

Question 12

If an object is coming to a stop, the acceleration should be

Answer 12

negative