You can use the self-quiz below to test your conceptual understanding of Newton's Second Law of Motion.
A Qualitative Description of Newton's Second Law of Motion Self-Quiz
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- Let's imagine a man is in the driver's seat of a car which is stopped at a traffic light, and the man's small daughter is sitting beside him in the passenger seat. When the traffic light turns green, the man pushes on the gas pedal, and the car takes off. On which passenger is the force exerted by the car seat larger when the car takes off? Assume the man is more massive than the little girl.
- the man
- the daughter
- A sled has a certain acceleration when a net force is exerted upon it. What happens to the magnitude of the acceleration of the sled if you double both the mass of the sled and the net force acting on it?
- The magnitude of the acceleration of the sled is halved.
- The magnitude of the acceleration of the sled is doubled.
- The magnitude of the acceleration of the sled is quadrupled.
- Nothing happens to the magnitude of the acceleration of the sled.
- A sled has a certain acceleration when a net force is exerted upon it. What happens to the magnitude of the acceleration of the sled if you double only the mass of the sled and do nothing to the net force acting on it?
- The magnitude of the acceleration of the sled is halved.
- The magnitude of the acceleration of the sled is doubled.
- The magnitude of the acceleration of the sled is quadrupled.
- Nothing happens to the magnitude of the acceleration of the sled.
- A sled has a certain acceleration when a net force is exerted upon it. What happens to the magnitude of the acceleration of the sled if you double the net force acting on the sled but do nothing to the mass of the sled?
- The magnitude of the acceleration of the sled is halved.
- The magnitude of the acceleration of the sled is doubled.
- The magnitude of the acceleration of the sled is quadrupled.
- Nothing happens to the magnitude of the acceleration of the sled.