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Which Greek thinker held that an external force is needed for motion?Read the answer and worked solution →Aristotle's law of motion is described as being:Read the answer and worked solution →A toy car stops on the floor because of the external force of:Read the answer and worked solution →Who studied motion on an inclined plane to reach the law of inertia?Read the answer and worked solution →On a frictionless horizontal plane, a ball travels:Read the answer and worked solution →Newton's first law says a body keeps its state unless compelled by:Read the answer and worked solution →The first law is built on which property of bodies?Read the answer and worked solution →The acceleration of an astronaut outside a spaceship is:Read the answer and worked solution →The second law relates applied force to the rate of change of:Read the answer and worked solution →One newton is defined as:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the second law, a zero net force implies:Read the answer and worked solution →A large force acting for a very short time produces a finite change in:Read the answer and worked solution →Impulse equals force multiplied by:Read the answer and worked solution →Impulse is equal to the change in:Read the answer and worked solution →Newton's third law states that to every action there is an equal and:Read the answer and worked solution →Friction that opposes motion which has not yet begun is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Motion that would take place but does not actually is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Once a body is sliding, the friction acting on it is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Kinetic friction is usually compared with maximum static friction as:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which Greek thinker held that an external force is needed for motion?

  1. Aristotle
  2. Archytas
  3. Anaximenes
  4. Anaxagoras
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Correct answer: A. Aristotle

1. His view came from everyday experience. 2. It was later shown to be flawed. 3. The thinker was Aristotle. _Source: syllabus Physics, Ch 4 'Laws of Motion'_

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Aristotle's law of motion is described as being:

  1. Favoured
  2. Flawed
  3. Flawless
  4. Fabled
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Correct answer: B. Flawed

1. It is a natural view from common experience. 2. It overlooks the part played by friction. 3. The law is flawed. _Source: syllabus Physics, Ch 4 'Laws of Motion'_

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A toy car stops on the floor because of the external force of:

  1. Fusion
  2. Flexion
  3. Friction
  4. Fission
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Correct answer: C. Friction

1. The child's push is cancelled by something. 2. The floor opposes the motion. 3. That opposing force is friction. _Source: syllabus Physics, Ch 4 'Laws of Motion'_

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