review quiz on Newton's laws of motion and gravity
Fill in the blanks, or circle one of the choices in brackets.
- An object that is moving with constant velocity
will tend to _________________________________
unless a ______________ acts on it.
- An object sliding on ice will slide [more/less] distance than
an object sliding on a carpet. This means that the
tendency of an object to stop moving is
[a property of the
object/
a property of the friction force caused by the object it is
sliding on].
- If the Earth pulls on the baseball, the
baseball [will/will not] pull equally on the Earth.
- If the Earth pulls on the baseball, the
baseball [will/will not] move the same distance as the Earth.
- Newton's third law says that if object A exerts a force
on object B, then _____________________________________
- Newton's second law says (in words) ____________________.
- Newton's second law says (as an equation):_______________.
- The pull of gravity on heavier objects is [more than / less than / the same as]
the pull of gravity on lighter objects.
- In a vacuum heavier objects fall [faster than / slower than / the same speed as]
lighter objects. The reason is because ________________________
- What is one reason that would tend to make the force of gravity of the Earth pulling on the
moon be greater than the force of the
Earth pulling on the baseball? _______________________________________ What is one reason that would tend to
make the force of gravity of the Earth pulling on the
moon be less than the force of the
Earth pulling on the baseball? ____________________________________________
- The acceleration of the moon toward the Earth is
[greater / smaller] than the acceleration of the baseball toward
the center of the Earth. The reason is because _________________
- The force of gravity of the Earth pulling on the moon
is [greater /less than / the same as] the force of gravity of the
moon pulling on the Earth. The reason is because ____________________
- If you play a baseball game on the moon, the force of
the gravity of the moon pulling on the baseball will be
[greater / less than / the same as] the force of the gravity
of the Earth pulling on the baseball when a baseball game
is played on Earth. The reason is because ________________________
- On Earth, a feather falls [faster / slower / the same speed as]
an extremely heavy object, beacuse of _______________________________