Newton's Second Law of Motion: Speed and

Acceleration
Question 1: Newton: For starters, do you know what this "acceleration" that my notes mention is?
✓ It is the rate of change of velocity over time
– It is the rate of change of speed over time
– It is the rate of change of velocity over distance
– It is the rate of change of position over time

Question 2: Newton: I see... stronger forces produce a greater acceleration on equal masses, and
heavier masses suffer a lesser acceleration when we apply the same force. However, in all of our
experiments, the vehicle seems to eventually slow down. Why might that be?
✓ Friction is slowing down the car
– The second law of motion doesn't apply on cars
– The second law of motion doesn't apply on Earth
– Gravity is slowing down the car

Question 3: Newton: That's interesting! What do you think would happen if we multiply by four the
mass of an object and then apply the same force?
✓ It's acceleration will be a fourth of the original acceleration
– It's acceleration will be a half of the original acceleration
– It's acceleration will be twice the original acceleration
– It's acceleration will be four times the original acceleration

Question 4: Newton: Have you noticed that? What happens to the acceleration if we double the
force?
✓ The acceleration doubles
– The acceleration is incremented by half of its original value
– The acceleration multiplies by four
– The acceleration halves

Question 5: Newton: What force did we need to apply this time, in relationship to the one we
needed without the black hole?
✓ The sum of the force we needed without the black hole and a force of equal magnitude but in
the opposite direction from the one exerted by the black hole.
– We applied the same force in both cases since we wanted to reach the same acceleration.
– A force of equal magnitude but in the opposite direction from the one exerted by the black
hole, so that the net force is zero.
– The sum of the force we needed without the black hole and a force of equal magnitude and
direction to the one exerted by the black hole.

Question 6: What would have been our acceleration if we had applied a force of 5 kN kilo Newtons
forward on the vehicle in a frictionless situation, with our current mass of 1250 kg?
✓ 4.00 m/s2meters per squared second
– 0.25 m/s2meters per squared second
– 6.25 m/s2meters per squared second
– 5.00 m/s2meters per squared second

Question 7: What would have been our acceleration on an asphalt surface whose friction has a
magnitude of 6 kNkilo Newtons, if we had applied a force of 9 kNkilo Newtons forward on the
vehicle, with the same mass of 1250 kg?
✓ 2.40 m/s2meters per squared second
– 0.00 m/s2meters per squared second

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 – 11.20 m/s2meters per squared second
– 6.40 m/s2meters per squared second

Question 8: What would our mass need to be if we wanted to reach an acceleration of 8 m/s2meters
per squared second by applying a force of 10 kNkilo Newton while on an asphalt surface whose
friction has a magnitude of 6 kNkilo Newton?
✓ 500 kg
– 750 kg
– 2000 kg
– 1250 kg

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