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Newton's 2nd Law Practice Sheet

Newton's 2nd Law: When a force acts on an object the object's acceleration is in the direction of the force. Acceleration increases as the force gets larger. The acceleration produced by a net force is smaller for more massive objects.

Directions: Use the equation F=ma to solve for the following word problems.

For problems with calculations use UDRSS:
  ◻ Units         Force: Newtons        Mass: kg         Acceleration: m/s2
      ◻Data       ◻ Relationship       ◻ Substitution       ◻Solution

Problems

  1. How much force is required to accelerate a 2kg mass at 3m/s2 ?
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  2. How much force is required to accelerate a 12 kg mass at 5m/s2 ?
     
     
     
     
     
     
  3. How much force is required to accelerate a 5kg mass at 20m/s2 ?
     
     
     
     
     
     
  4. How much force is required to accelerate an 8kg mass at 5m/s2 ?
     
     
     
     
     
     
  5. Given a force of 100 N and acceleration of 10m/s2, what is the mass of the object ?
     
     
     
     
     
     
  6. Given a force of 88 N and an acceleration of 4m/s2, what is the mass ?
     
     
     
     
     
     
  7. Given a force of 56 N and an acceleration of 7m/s2, what is the mass ?
     
     
     
     
     
     
  8. Given a force of 10 N and an acceleration of 5m/s2, what is the mass ?
     
     
     
     
     
     
  9. What is the acceleration of a 10 kg mass pushed by a 5N force ?
     
     
     
     
     
     
  10. What is the acceleration of a 5kg mass pushed by a 10 N force ?