Newton's Laws Vocabulary
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.
Newton's 2nd Law
Force is equal to an object's mass times its acceleration or F=ma
Newton's 3rd Law
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
Inertia
A tendency to do nothing or remain unchanged
Force
a push or a pull on an object that can cause it to accelerate (change its speed or direction)
Acceleration
the rate at which an object's velocity (speed and direction) changes over time
Friction
force of resistance an object encounters while moving against another object
Velocity
the speed of something in a given direction.
Air Resistance
a force that opposes the motion of an object moving through the air, slowing it down due to friction with air molecules.