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Newton’s Laws & Potential/Kinetic Energy Quiz Review
Complete the following table.
Term
Definition
Example from Real Life
1. acceleration
2. centripetal force
3.
The pull of a handle on a
wagon.
4. inertia
5. mass
6. net force
7. Newton’s first law
8. Newton’s second
law
9.
When you’re walking, you
push backward on the
ground, and the ground
pushes you forward with
equal force.
10. Newton’s second law states that to increase acceleration, you
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11. What units are used to measure force? _________________________________________
12. A wagon is pulled down a hill with a constant velocity. All the forces on the
wagon are ___________________________________________________________________
Newton’s Laws and Potential/Kinetic Energy Quiz Review
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13. An action force and its reaction force are ______________________ in size and
_____________________ in direction.
14. John pulls a box with a force of 4 N, and Jason pulls the box from the opposite
side with a force of 3 N. Ignore friction. In which direction, and with how much
force would the box move?
15. List the objects in order from the object with least inertia to the object with the
most inertia: Feather, large rock, pencil, book. Explain your reasoning.
16. Explain how an object can have forces acting on it but not be accelerating.
17. What force should Lori apply to a 5 kg. box to give it an acceleration of 2 m/s 2?
Use f = m x a
18. If a 10 N force accelerates an object 5 m/s2, how massive is the object?
Use f = m x a
19. Ravi applies a force of 5 N to a wagon with a mass of 10 kg. What is the wagon’s
acceleration?
Use f = m x a
Kinetic vs. Potential Energy
20. A skier is on a tall mountain.
a. Where does she have the greatest potential energy?
b. Where does she have the greatest kinetic energy?
Newton’s Laws and Potential/Kinetic Energy Quiz Review
Name ____________________________________________
Period ___________
Use the following diagram to answer questions 21 – 22.
21. At which point on the roller coaster will the car have the greatest amount of
kinetic energy?
22. At which point on the roller coaster will the car have the greatest amount of
potential energy?
Newton’s Laws and Potential/Kinetic Energy Quiz Review