Inertia and Newton's laws Flashcards

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Inertia

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Tendency for motion to remain unchanged.

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Inertial mass

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Measures how difficult it is to change the velocity of an object. It can be found by using Newton’s Second Law.
m=F/a (force/acceleration)

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Newton’s third law Equal and opposite forces

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When two object interact, the forces they exert on each other are equal and opposite.

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Acceleration is directly proportional…

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to the resultant force. The larger the resultant force acting on an object, the more the object accelerates.

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Acceleration is inversely proportional….

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To the mass of the object-so an object with a larger mass will accelerate less than one with smaller mass.

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Newton’s first law

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If the resultant force on a object is 0, the object will remain stationary or continue moving at the same velocity.

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