Answer the following questions, then submit them to me by clicking
on the submit button at the end. Your response will be emailed to
me and I will email you back when I have graded it. If you choose
not to email it to me, you must print it when you have completed
your answers. If you do not complete the questions in the given
time,submit the questions (or print) that you have completed, then
complete the remaining questions at a later time and submit them by
email or printed version.

• 1) Explain how force, mass, and acceleration are related.
  
• 2) Why do slippery fluids such as oil reduce sliding friction?
  
• 3) One student tosses a chalkboard eraser horizontally so that the
  eraser hits the ground 5 meters away. At exactly the same time,
  another student drops an eraser. Which eraser hits the ground
  first?
  Explain
  
• 4) Explain why a flat sheet of paper dropped from a height of 2 meters
  will not accelerate at the same rate as a sheet of paper crumpled
  into a ball.
  
• 5) Why do athlete's shoes often have cleats?
  
• 6) Compare your mass and weight on Earth with your mass and weight on
  an asteroid which is much smaller than Earth.
  
• 7) A satellite is orbiting the Earth. Is it accelerating? Why or
  why not?
  
• 8) If a toy train has a mass of 1.5 kg and accelerates at a rate of 20
  m/s/s, calculate the forces acting on it.
  
• 9) You are riding fast on a skateboard when your wheel suddenly gets
  stuck in a crack on the sidewalk. Using the term inertia, explain
  what happens.
  
• 10) Explain what happens in the Newtonian Demonstrator when two balls
  are released on one side and one ball is released on the other side.
  
• 11) You are a reporter for a local television station, and you like to
  give your stories a physical-science twist. Write a story for the
  evening news in which you describe an event in terms of the forces
  involved.
  
• 12) If you stand up in a rowboat and take a step toward the dock, you
  may fall in the water. Explain what happens in this situation. How
  is it similar to what happens when you take a step on land? How is
  it different?