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6th: Newton's Laws
6th Grade CMS Newton's Laws of Motion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A person riding in the passenger seat is "pushed" into the car door as the car makes a sharp left turn | Newton's 1st Law |
| Rockets are launched into space using jet propulsion where exhaust accelerates out from the rocket and the rocket accelerates in opposite direction | Newton's 3rd Law |
| A picture is hanging on a wall and does not move | Newton's 1st Law |
| A person's body is thrown forward when the driver of the car hits the brakes. | Newton's 1st Law |
| Pushing a child on a swing is easier than pushing an adult on the same swing because the adult has more mass | Newton's 2nd Law |
| A soccer ball accelerates more than a bowling ball when thrown with the same force | Newton's 2nd Law |
| A soccer player kicks a ball with their foot and the ball goes flying into the net | Newton's 3rd Law |
| A student leaves a pencil on a desk and the pencil stays in the same spot until another student picks it up. | Newton's 1st Law |
| A magician pulls a tablecloth out from under dishes and glasses on a table without disturbing them | Newton's 1st Law |
| Two students are in a baseball game. The first student hits a ball very hard and it has a greater acceleration than the second student who bunts the ball lightly. | Newton's 2nd Law |
| What law relates to acceleration? | Newton's 2nd Law |
| What is the law of inertia? | Newton's 1st Law |
| Which law governs why a golf ball will go farther than a baseball if each is hit with the same amount of force? | Newton's 2nd Law |
| Which law is in control of a spacecraft which cruises through space at a constant speed without using any fuel? | Newton's 1st Law |
| Which law governs when a tablecloth is pulled out from under a setting of china dishes without damaging it? | Newton's 1st Law |
| A basketball sits behind the bleachers in the gym. No one sees it, so it remains motionless. | Newton's 1st Law |
| Which law allows a spaceship to accelerate by burning rocket fuel? | Newton's 3rd Law |
| Which law relates acceleration to mass? | Newton's 2nd Law |
| Which law governs when two ice skaters push apart in a rink? | Newton's 3rd Law |
| A rock climber pulls down on a rope causing his body to lift upward and rise up along the rope. | Newton's 3rd Law |
| Force = mass x acceleration | Newton's 2nd Law |
| When you give your friend a lift on your bike, you have to pedal harder to keep the same speed as when you were alone. | Newton's 2nd Law |
| For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction | Newton's 3rd Law |
| A smaller cannon ball eaves a cannon much faster than a larger, heavier cannon ball fired from the same cannon | Newton's 2nd Law |
| When you are standing alone on a subway train and the train suddenly stops your body continues to go forward | Newton's 1st Law |
| An object at rest will stay at rest unless acted on by an outside, unbalanced force | Newton's 1st Law |
| It is much easier to carry your backpack when it is empty rather than when it's full of books | Newton's 2nd Law |
| A girl is going down a slide. As she reaches the bottom, friction causes her to slow down and stop. | Newton's 1st Law |
| As the wheels of a racecar smoke and spin, they grip the ground and push backward on the road. The car moves forward. | Newton's 3rd Law |
| When you throw a bowling ball out of a canoe, the bowling ball moves forward and the canoe moves backward. | Newton's 3rd Law |
| A little girl who has been pulling a sled behind her in the snow is crying. When she stopped to tie her boot, the sled kept moving and hit her in the legs. | Newton's 1st Law |
| A grocery cart is sitting motionless in the parking lot. You decide to jump in and have your friend push you around. | Newton's 1st Law |
| Two bumper cars collide into each other and each car jolts backward. | Newton's 3rd Law |