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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1) Galileo's interpretation of motiondiffered from Aristotle's in that Galileo emphasized A) the role of distance in describing motion. B) time rates. C) the acceleration of free fall. D) all of these E) none of these
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2) When you drop a pencil while riding on a smoothly riding bus, why does the pencil land at the same place it would if the bus were atrest?
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3) A roller coaster car at an amusement park carrying 1 passenger takes 3 min to makeits ride from start to finish. Neglecting friction, a car with 5 passengers would take A) more time. B) less time. C) the same time.
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4) How does the equilibrium rule, F = 0, relate to Newton's first law of motion?
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5) Whereas Aristotle relied on logic in explaining nature, Galileo relied on A) patterns. B) experiment. C) logic also.

D) mathematics.

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6) A ball rests in the middle of a cart.When you quickly jerk the cart forward, the ball A) remains in the middle of the cart. B) hits the front of the cart. C) all, depending on how quickly the cart is pulled. D) hits the back of the cart.7) A space probe in remote outer space continues moving A) even though no force acts on it. B) in a curved path. C) due to gravity. D) because a force acts on it. 8) The force of friction on a slidingobject is 10 N. The applied force needed to maintain a constant velocity is A) 10 N. B) more than 10 N. C) less than 10 N. 9) The net force on any object moving at constant velocity is A) 10 meters...