Newton’s 2nd Law
F = M A
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UNITS!
1. What is the net force on 140 kg Darth Vader who is
accelerating toward Luke Skywalker at 2 m/s2?
2. What will the acceleration be of an 80 kg Stormtrooper
being pushed with a force of 800 N by Chewbacca?
3. Princess Leia is pushing away Jabba the Hut with a
force of 800 N. The net force causes him to
accelerate at 2 m/s2. What is Jabba’s mass?
4. The Millenium Falcon is trying to escape a group of Tie Fighters. What is the
net force needed to accelerate the 100,000 kg
Millenium Falcon at a rate of 1000 m/s2?
5. On the planet Tatooine, C3PO is pushing R2D2 North with
16 N of force.
A Jawa is pushing R2D2 in the opposite direction with 17 N of
force. What is the net force acting on R2D2 and in which
direction will he move (North or South)?
6. Stormtrooper TK-421 and Han Solo are having a tug-of-war with a blaster.
TK-421 pulls with 7 N of force and Han Solo pulls in the
opposite direction with 7 N of force. What is the net force
acting on the blaster?
7. Kylo Ren uses The Force and accelerates a 100 kg crate
toward Finn at an acceleration of 4 m/s2. What force was
The Force he used?
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8. Jango Fett is pushing his 20 kg son Boba Fett on a
swing. The force causes Boba to accelerate at 2 m/s2.
What is the force that causes this acceleration?
9. How large is the mass of Luke Skywalker’s X-Wing fighter if
Yoda had to apply a force of 200,000 N to lift it from the
swamp on planet Dagobah at an acceleration of 2 m/s2?
10. Rey kicks the 60 kg BB-8 Droid away with a force of
120 N. What was BB-8’s acceleration?
11. Padme Amidala is riding in her Royal Starship
and it accelerates at a rate of 2 m/s2 with a
force of 1,000,000 N from the engines. What
is the mass of her Starship?
12. Chewbacca is pushing Lando Calrissian to the ground
because he betrayed Han Solo. Lando has a mass of 70 kg
and Chewbacca is accelerating to the ground at a rate of
2 m/s2. How much force is Chewbacca using?
13. Anakin Skywalker force-pushes with 500 N of force. Qui-Gon Jinn forcepushes back against Anakin. Neither Jedi move.
How much force did Qui-Gonn apply?
14. It takes 250 N of force to stop a trash compactor on the Death Star. Luke, Leia, Han Solo,
and Chewbacca pushed back on the trash compactor with 100 N of force, and it wouldn’t stop.
Why? Answer in a complete sentence.