Exam 2: Newtons First Law of Motion: Inertia

The amount of force needed to sustain motion of a rock in outer space is

The net force on any object in equilibrium is

Suspend your body from a pair of ropes slightly angled from the vertical and the tension in each rope will be

When you flick a card from beneath a coin that hardly moves, you're illustrating

The force that causes Earth to orbit the Sun is due to gravity, while the force needed to keep Earth moving as it circles the Sun is

Suspend your body from a pair of vertical ropes and the tension in each rope will be

If gravity between the Sun and Earth suddenly vanished, Earth would continue moving in

If you toss a coin straight upward in train that slows while the coin is in the air, the coin will land

Nellie pulls with a force of 50 N on a horizontal rope tied to a tree at rest. The net force on the rope is

Monkey Mo hangs from the middle of a horizontal rope. Tension in the rope is greatest if the rope

A sheet of paper can be quickly jerked beneath a container of milk without toppling, which best demonstrates

The earliest and most influential Greek philosopher was Aristotle, who among many contributions taught that

The support force on a 30-kg dog sleeping on the floor is

An 800-N man stands at rest on two bathroom scales so that his weight is distributed evenly over both scales. The reading on each scale is

The net force acting on an insect falling downward at constant velocity is

A pair of wires support a heavy painting. Tension in the wires is greater when they are

A block pulled to the left with 15 N and to the right with 5 N at the same time experiences a net force of

When Nellie Newton hangs at rest in the middle of a clothesline, tensions will be the same in each side of the rope when

If your automobile runs out of fuel while driving, the engine stops. You don't come to an abrupt stop due to

A gymnast performing somersaults in a high-flying plane moving at constant velocity needs to make