Newton's Laws of Motion Worksheet
A Grade 12 science worksheet covering Newton's Laws of Motion, including concepts of inertia, force, acceleration, and action-reaction pairs.
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Newton's Laws of Motion
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work for calculation problems.
1. Which of Newton's Laws of Motion states that an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force?
Newton's First Law
Newton's Second Law
Newton's Third Law
Law of Universal Gravitation
2. A 10 kg object is subjected to a net force of 50 N. What is the acceleration of the object?
0.2 m/s²
5 m/s²
500 m/s²
50 m/s²
3. Newton's First Law is also known as the Law of .
4. For every action, there is an equal and opposite .
5. A larger mass requires a smaller force to achieve the same acceleration.
True
False
6. When you push against a wall, the wall pushes back with a greater force.
True
False
7. Explain the concept of inertia and provide a real-world example.
8. Describe how Newton's Second Law (F=ma) relates to the motion of a rocket launching into space.