Dynamics
A 10 kg object is subject to a net force of 20 N. What is the object's acceleration?
2 m/s^2
20 m/s^2
200 m/s^2
10 m/s^2
In Newton's second law of motion , what does the 'a' represent?
Velocity
Mass
Acceleration
Force
When the elevator accelerates upwards, what is the relationship between the Normal Force and the true weight of a person inside it?
Normal Force is equal to true weight
Normal Force is greater than true weight
Normal Force is less than true weight
Normal Force becomes zero
When applying Newton's second law to a block sliding down an incline at increasing speed, which condition would complicate students' predictions about acceleration?
The coefficient of kinetic friction between block and incline changes with velocity.
The incline angle remains constant throughout the motion.
The mass of the block is doubled while keeping all other factors constant.
There is no air resistance acting on the block as it slides down the incline.
What happens if an ice skater standing still on ice suddenly throws her backpack horizontally away from her body?
The skater stays inside due to throwing the backpack gently enough to not induce any motion.
The skater moves in the same direction as the backpack due to increased momentum transfer to herself by throwing the object.
The skater experiences sudden forward acceleration due to impulsive force transferred from the backpack to propel her.
The skater will move in the opposite direction to the backpack due to conservation of momentum and lack of frictional forces to counteract her motion.
When analyzing a pendulum swinging with large amplitudes rather than small oscillations, how does this affect students' use of Newton's second laws?
Air resistance has a greater effect on smaller amplitude swings.
The period of oscillation can be easily calculated using simple harmonic motion formulas.
The tension in the pendulum string remains constant throughout motion.
The restoring force is nonlinear resulting in angular accelerations that vary throughout motion.
What is the SI unit of force?
Meter per second squared (m/s²)
Kilogram (kg)
Newton (N)
Joule (J)

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What is the net force acting on an object at rest?
Equal to its weight
0 N
9.8 m/s²
Constant but non-zero
What would happen if a toy car moving eastward on a track collided head-on elastically with an identical toy car traveling westward at double its speed?
Both cars continue in the same direction but exchange speeds.
Both cars stop and do not move anymore.
First car stops, second car moves eastward at four times its original speed.
First car travels westward at double its original eastward speed, second car stands still.
If the mass of an object is doubled while the applied force remains constant, what happens to its acceleration?
It doubles.
It remains the same.
It halves.
It quadruples.