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Laws of Motion

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  • An object is accelerated by a net force in which direction?
    in the direction of the force
  • Which type of collision occurs when a baseball bat hits a baseball?
    elastic
  • If you exert a net force of 8N on a 2-kg object, what will its acceleration be?
    4 m/sec/sec
  • Objects at rest stay at rest---until acted on by an ____________force.
    unbalanced
  • You hit a wall with a stick.  The equal but opposite reaction is _______.
    the wall pushes back on the stick
  • What combination of units is equivalent to the newton (N)?
    kg x m/sec/sec
  • A vector pointing north, east, right or up is a _________ vector.
    positive
  • A _________ force is the total force felt by an object.
    Net
  • Newton's first law of motion states that an object at rest or moving at a constant speed in a(n) _______ will continue to do so until a force acts on it.
    straight line
  • A vector pointing south, west, down or left is a _______ vector.
    negative
  • vectors can be ______ or _________ because of position or direction.
    positive or negative
  • Forces that are equal in size (magnitude) and opposite in direction are ___________ forces.
    Balanced Forces
  • NET force (Fnet) =
    sum of all the forces
  • In order to know how a force will affect an object, you must know the _______.
    direction
  • If there is a change in motion, acceleration and the net force does NOT equal zero, then the forces are __________.
    unbalanced
  • Objects in motion stay in motion at the same speed and in the same direction (no acceleration)---until acted on by an _____________ force.
    unbalanced
  • A quantity with magnitude only
    scalar
  • Newton's Second Law says that an object acted upon by a net force will accelerate in the direction of the force according to the equation _______
    A=F/M
  • If the forces acting on an object are unbalanced, the net force is NOT ________.
    Zero
  • Which term explains why a crash-test dummy lunges forward during collision?
    inertia
  • In order to be ______________ forces, their effects must cancel each other out and not cause a change in an object's motion.
    Balanced
  • If vector arrows are in opposite directions, and the magnitudes are NOT labeled as (+) or (-), _________the magnitudes to find the resultant vector.
    subtract
  • A quantity with both magnitude and direction.
    Vector
  • Forces applied to an object that will change its speed, direction, or both are ___________ forces.
    unbalanced
  • If a net force acts at an angle to the direction an object is moving, the object will follow a(n) ___________ path.
    curved
  • When forces are balanced there is ________ change in motion.
    no
  • You are riding on a bike.  In which of the following situations are the forces acting on the bike balanced?
    you pedal at constant speed
  • When forces are balanced the net force equals _______.
    zero
  • Newton's third law can be stated as "For every action, there is a(n) ______ reaction".
    equal and opposite
  • How can you tell magnitude when their is no value given?
    length of the arrow
  • If vector arrows are in the same direction, ___the magnitudes to find the resultant vector.
    add