Newton's Laws Vocabulary Flashcards


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Newton's 1st Law

An object in motion tends to stay in motion and an object at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted on by some force.

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Newton's 2nd Law

Force is equal to an object's mass times its acceleration or F=ma

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Newton's 3rd Law

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

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Inertia

A tendency to do nothing or remain unchanged

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Force

a push or a pull on an object that can cause it to accelerate (change its speed or direction)

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Acceleration

the rate at which an object's velocity (speed and direction) changes over time

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Friction

force of resistance an object encounters while moving against another object

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Velocity

the speed of something in a given direction.

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Air Resistance

a force that opposes the motion of an object moving through the air, slowing it down due to friction with air molecules.