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Forces and Motion

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  1. What is the unit of force?
  2. A car of mass 1000 kg accelerates at 2 m/s2. What is the resultant force?
  3. A runner travels 100 m in 12.5 s. What is the average speed?
  4. On a distance-time graph, what does a horizontal line show?
  5. On a velocity-time graph, what does the area under the line represent?
  6. What is the weight of a 5 kg mass on Earth where g = 10 N/kg?
  7. Which of Newton's laws says that every action has an equal and opposite reaction?
  8. A skydiver reaches terminal velocity. Which statement is correct?
  9. Why does a car travelling at a higher speed take a longer distance to stop?
  10. A spring has a force of 6 N applied and extends by 0.03 m. What is the spring constant?
  11. A car of mass 1200 kg accelerates from rest at 2.5 m/s squared. What is the resultant force on the car?
  12. A car travelling at 20 m/s brakes with a constant deceleration and stops in 4 s. How far does it travel while braking?

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