Newtons Laws Practice(1)

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Practice(1): Newton’s Laws
1)What is the amount of force required to keep a 6-kg object that is in outer space moving with a constant velocity of 2
m/s is __ N.
a. 0.333 b. 2 c. 3 d. 6 e. 12 f. none
2)The acceleration of an object is ____________________ related to the net force exerted upon it and
_____________________ related to the mass of the object. In equation form: a = Fnet / m.
a. directly, inversely b. inversely, directly c. directly, directly d. inversely, inversely
3) Understand Newton’s 2nd Law answer the following questions
A. An object accelerates at a rate of 8 m/s2 when suddenly the net force exerted on it increases by a factor of 2. The new
acceleration will be ______ m/s2.
B. An object accelerates at a rate of 8 m/s2 when suddenly the net force exerted on it increases by a factor of 4. The new
acceleration will be ______ m/s2.
C. An object accelerates at a rate of 8 m/s2 when suddenly the mass decreases by a factor of 4. The new acceleration will
be ______ m/s2.
D. An object accelerates at a rate of 8 m/s2 when suddenly the net force exerted on it increases by a factor of 2 and its
mass decreases by a factor of 4. The new acceleration will be ______ m/s2.
4) Rank from largest to smallest the acceleration of the objects below.
____________ >____________ > ____________ > ____________
5) Looking at the Free Body Diagram Below, find the net force for each object and state whether the object is
accelerating or not.
6)In a grocery store, you push a 12.5kg shopping cart with a force of 14 N. If the cart starts at rest, how far does it move
in 3 seconds?
7)A catcher stops a 92 mi/hr (41.1 m/s) pitch in his glove, bringing it to rest in 0.15m. If the force exerted by the catcher
is 803 N, what is the mass of the ball?
8)A 747 jetliner lands and begins to slow to a stop as it moves along the runway. If its mass is 3.5 x 10^5 kg, its speed is
27 m/s. and the net braking force is 4.3 x 10^5 N. (A) What is its speed 7.5s later? (B) How far has it traveled in this time?
9)A 64 kg parent and a 16 kg child meet at the center of an ice rink. They place their hands together and push. (A) Is the
force experienced by the child more than, less than, or the same as the force experienced by the parent? (B) Is the
acceleration of the child more than, less than, or the same as the acceleration of the parent? Explain. (C) If the
acceleration of the child is 2.5 m/s^2 in magnitude, what is the magnitude of the parent’s acceleration?
10) (Honors) To give a 19-kg child a ride, two teenagers pull on a 3.7 kg sled with ropes, as indicated in the figure. Both
teenagers pull with a force of 55N at an an angle of 35 degrees relative to the forward direction, which is the direction of
motion. In addition, the snow exerts a retarding force on the sled that points opposite to the direction of motion, and
has a magnitude of 57N. Find the acceleration of the sled with the child.
11)You pull upward on a stuffed suitcase with a force of 115 N, and it accelerates upward at .725 m/s^2. What is (A) the
mass and (B) the weight of the suitcase?
12)At the local grocery store, you push a 14.5 kg shopping cart. You stop for a moment to add a bag of dog food to your
cart. With a force of 12 N, you accelerate the cart from rest through a distance of 2.29m in 3s. What was the mass of the
dog food?
13) (Honors) A gardener mows a lawn with a push mower. The handle of the mower makes an angle of 32 degrees. If a
209 N force is applied along the handle of the 18 kg mower, what is the normal force exerted on the mower?
1. Draw Free-Body-Diagrams for situations below. Label all forces, example (Force of gravity, Force Normal, Force
Applied, Force Friction, Force Tension, , etc.) Assume Air Resistance is negligible.
2. Fill in the blanks
1) A person of mass 72.2 kg is in an elevator. Determine what the scale they are standing on would read in each of
the circumstances:
a. The elevator is moving up at a constant speed.
b. The elevator is moving down at a constant speed.
c. The elevator is accelerating up at 3.20 m/s2
d. The elevator is accelerating downward at 3.20 m/s2
e. An elevator is moving up with constant velocity of 5 m/s when it comes to a stop in 2
seconds
f. An elevator is moving down with constant velocity of 6 m/s when it comes to a stop in 3
seconds
2) When you weigh yourself on the ground, your mass is 73 kg. In an elevator your apparent weight is 644 N. What
is the direction and magnitude of the elevator’s acceleration?
3) A 6kg block of ice on a table is acted on by two forces F1 and F2 as shown in the diagram. If the magnitude of F1
= 13N and F2 = 11N, find (A) Draw a FBD? (B) the acceleration of the ice and (C) The normal force exerted on it
by the table.
4) (Honors) A 2 Kg box is put on the surface of an inclined plane at 27 ° with the horizontal. The surface of the
inclined plane is assumed to be frictionless.
a) Draw a free body diagram of the box on the inclined plane and label all forces acting on the box.
b) Determine the acceleration a of the box down the plane.
5) (Honors) A box of mass M = 10 Kg rests on a 35° inclined plane with the horizontal. A string is used to keep the
box in equilibrium. The string makes an angle of 25 ° with the inclined plane. What is the force of tension on the
string if friction is negligible?
6) (Honors) A train is traveling up a 3.2 degree incline at a speed of 3.55 m/s when the last cart breaks free and
begins to coast. (A) Draw a FBD. (B) How long does it take for the last cart to come to rest? (C) How far did it go
before it stopped momentarily?
7) You push a 25 kg wooden box across a wooden floor at a constant speed of 1 m/s, the coefficient of kinetic
friction is ɱk=.2 .(A) Draw a FBD (B)How much force do you exert on the box?
8) (Honors) A baseball player slides into third base with an initial speed of 7.9 m/s. If the coefficient of kinetic
friction between the player and the ground is .41, (A) Draw a FBD(B) how far does the player slide before coming
to rest?
9) (Honors) A flatbed truck slowly tilts its bed upward to dispose a 95 kg crate. For small angles of tilt the crate
stays put, but when the tilt angle exceeds 23.2° the crate begins to slide. What is the coefficient of static friction
between the bed of the truck and the crate?
10) (Honors) A child goes down a playground slide that is inclined at an angle of 27.5° below the horizontal. Find the
acceleration of the child given that the coefficient of kinetic friction is .415.

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3) Understand Newton’s 2nd Law answer the following questions

4) Rank from largest to smallest the acceleration of the objects below.

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