A Newton Is Equivalent To Which Of The Following Statements Does Not Describe Force?
Physics I Honors: Chapter 4 Practice Exam
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Which of the following statements does not describe force?
a. Force causes objects at rest to remain stationary.
b. Force causes objects to start moving.
c. Force causes objects to stop moving.
d. Force causes objects to change direction.
____ 2. Which of the following forces arises from direct physical contact between two objects?
a. gravitational force c. contact force
b. fundamental force d. field force
____ 3. A newton is equivalent to which of the following quantities?
a. kg c. kg•m/s
b. kg•m/s d. kg•(m/s)
____ 4. A free-body diagram represents all of the following except
a. the …show more content…
A hammer drives a nail into a piece of wood. Identify an action-reaction pair in this situation.
a. The nail exerts a force on the hammer; the hammer exerts a force on the wood.
b. The hammer exerts a force on the nail; the wood exerts a force on the nail.
c. The hammer exerts a force on the nail; the nail exerts a force on the hammer.
d. The hammer exerts a force on the nail; the hammer exerts a force on the wood.
____ 15. A leaf falls from a tree and lands on the sidewalk. Identify an action-reaction pair in this situation.
a. The tree exerts a force on the leaf; the sidewalk exerts a force on the leaf.
b. The leaf exerts a force on the sidewalk; the sidewalk exerts a force on the leaf.
c. The leaf exerts a force on the tree; the sidewalk exerts a force on the leaf.
d. The leaf exerts a force on the sidewalk; the tree exerts a force on the leaf.
____ 16. As a basketball player starts to jump for a rebound, the player begins to move upward faster and faster until his shoes leave the floor. At the moment the player begins to jump, the force of the floor on the shoes is
a. greater than the player’s weight.
b. equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the player’s weight.
c. less than the player’s
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Which of the following statements does not describe force?
a. Force causes objects at rest to remain stationary.
b. Force causes objects to start moving.
c. Force causes objects to stop moving.
d. Force causes objects to change direction.
____ 2. Which of the following forces arises from direct physical contact between two objects?
a. gravitational force c. contact force
b. fundamental force d. field force
____ 3. A newton is equivalent to which of the following quantities?
a. kg c. kg•m/s
b. kg•m/s d. kg•(m/s)
____ 4. A free-body diagram represents all of the following except
a. the …show more content…
A hammer drives a nail into a piece of wood. Identify an action-reaction pair in this situation.
a. The nail exerts a force on the hammer; the hammer exerts a force on the wood.
b. The hammer exerts a force on the nail; the wood exerts a force on the nail.
c. The hammer exerts a force on the nail; the nail exerts a force on the hammer.
d. The hammer exerts a force on the nail; the hammer exerts a force on the wood.
____ 15. A leaf falls from a tree and lands on the sidewalk. Identify an action-reaction pair in this situation.
a. The tree exerts a force on the leaf; the sidewalk exerts a force on the leaf.
b. The leaf exerts a force on the sidewalk; the sidewalk exerts a force on the leaf.
c. The leaf exerts a force on the tree; the sidewalk exerts a force on the leaf.
d. The leaf exerts a force on the sidewalk; the tree exerts a force on the leaf.
____ 16. As a basketball player starts to jump for a rebound, the player begins to move upward faster and faster until his shoes leave the floor. At the moment the player begins to jump, the force of the floor on the shoes is
a. greater than the player’s weight.
b. equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the player’s weight.
c. less than the player’s