Inertia and Newton's laws Flashcards
Inertia
Tendency for motion to remain unchanged.
Inertial mass
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)
Newton’s third law Equal and opposite forces
When two object interact, the forces they exert on each other are equal and opposite.
Acceleration is directly proportional…
to the resultant force. The larger the resultant force acting on an object, the more the object accelerates.
Acceleration is inversely proportional….
To the mass of the object-so an object with a larger mass will accelerate less than one with smaller mass.
Newton’s first law
If the resultant force on a object is 0, the object will remain stationary or continue moving at the same velocity.