Ch 12 study guide - Force / Motion / Gravity

Multiple Choice - Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. What kind of friction occurs as a fish swims through water? ___________________________ .
2. When are action and reaction forces involved? ______________________________________________
3. When opposite poles of two magnets are brought together, the poles _______________ .
4. The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of Mars is about one-third the acceleration due to gravity on Earth’s
surface. Compare the weight of a space probe on the surface of Mars to its weight on earth. ___________________
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5. What force is responsible for the repulsion between two positively-charged particles? _______________________

6. What forces act on a falling leaf? _____________________________________

7. What causes projectile motion? _____________________________________

8. What is the SI unit of force? _________________________________

9. Your weight equals your _________________________________ .

10. The force that keeps an object moving in a circle is called ________________ .
11. An orange might roll off your cafeteria tray when you stop suddenly because of ______________________ .
12. True or False
1 N = 1 kg m/s 1 N = 1 kg
1 N = 1 kg m 1 N = 1 kg m/s2
13. Newton’s __________________________ describes action and reaction forces.
14. When an unbalanced force acts on an object, ________________________________ .

Figure 12-1

15. Figure 12-1 shows the motion of 3 balls. The curved paths followed by balls B and C are examples of __________
16. As you push a cereal box across a tabletop, the sliding friction acting on the cereal box _____________________ .
17. The gravitational force between 2 objects increases as mass _________________ and distance ______________ .
18. As an astronaut travels far away from Earth, her weight __________________ .
19. When a pair of balanced forces acts on an object, the net force that results is ____________________ .
20. Which universal forces is the most effective over long distances?
21. According to Newton’s _______________________________, the acceleration of an object equals the net force
acting on the object divided by the object’s mass.

22. The product of an object’s mass and velocity is its ______________________________ .

23. The property of matter that resists changes in motion is called ____________________ .
Completion - Complete each sentence or statement.
24. The drag force acting on a falling sky diver is also known as _________________________.
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25. It usually takes more force to start an object sliding than it does to keep an object sliding because static friction is
usually ____________________ than sliding friction.
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26. The force that opposes the motion of objects that touch as they move pass each other is called ________________.
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28. The tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion is called ____________________.
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28. The two forces acting on a falling object are gravity and _________________________.

29. The path of motion of a thrown javelin is an example of ____________________ motion.

30. Push or pull is an example of a(an) ____________________.

31. The force of gravity acting on an object is the object’s ____________________.

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33. The type of force measured by a grocery store spring scale is ____________________.
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33. The universal force that is most effective over the longest distances is ____________________.
34. When you push on a wall, the ____________________ pushes back on you.
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Other

Figure 12-3

36. In Figure 12-3, compare the size and direction of the momentums of both skaters immediately after the push shown
at Time 2.