- 1. What fundamental property of objects is connected to their inertia?
A) Mass
B) Density
C) Volume
D) Weight
- 2. According to Newton, what does weight represent?
A) The volume of an object
B) The inertia of an object
C) The force of gravity on an object
D) The total mass of an object
- 3. What term did Newton use for weight affected by factors like buoyancy?
A) Absolute velocity
B) Apparent weight
C) Relative inertia
D) True mass
- 4. How did Newton view time and space?
A) As non-existent
B) As absolute
C) As relative
D) As subjective
- 5. What did the 1901 CGPM define as the product of mass and acceleration due to gravity?
A) True position
B) Weight
C) Buoyancy
D) Inertia
- 6. Newton considered weight to be relative to what?
A) The volume of the object
B) The object causing the gravitational pull
C) The speed of the object
D) The inertia of the object
- 7. What environmental factor did Newton recognize as affecting the measurement of weight?
A) Light
B) Temperature
C) Buoyancy
D) Sound
- 8. According to the 1901 CGPM, weight is a quantity of the same nature as what?
A) A velocity
B) A force
C) An inertia
D) A mass
- 9. What did Newton's law of universal gravitation help clarify regarding weight?
A) That mass is a type of force
B) That weight is separate from mass
C) That weight is identical to mass
D) That weight is independent of gravity
- 10. What term did Newton use to describe the weight defined by gravity, excluding environmental factors?
A) Inertial weight
B) Absolute mass
C) True weight
D) Apparent mass
- 11. What is the unit of measurement for weight in the International System of Units (SI)?
A) Kilogram
B) Pound
C) Gram
D) Newton
- 12. If weight is defined as the magnitude of the reaction force exerted by a scale, what is the weight of an object in free fall?
A) Zero
B) Equal to its mass
C) Infinite
D) One Newton
- 13. Who gave the first operational definition of weight as a comparison measured by a balance?
A) Aristotle
B) Plato
C) Galileo
D) Euclid
- 14. In Aristotelian physics, what was considered to have absolute levity?
A) Air
B) Earth
C) Fire
D) Water
- 15. What was the precursor to the concept of momentum mentioned in the text?
A) Buoyancy
B) Impetus
C) Gravitas
D) Pondus
- 16. Which term did medieval scholars use for 'still weight' that remained constant?
A) Gravitas
B) Pondus
C) Impetus
D) Levity
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