Newton's 3 laws of motion Flashcards

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First law

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Newton’s first law of motion is that every object persists in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed on it. Inertia is the tendency of a thing to remained unchanged. In other words thing want to keep doing what they are already doing. Inertia can be thought of as lazy, it does not want to change.

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Second law

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Newton’s second law of motion is the fact that acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the amount of force applied to it.

In mathematical terms:
Force = Mass x Acceleration

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Third law

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Newton’s third law is the fact that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. For example, a tennis ball that hits the ground causes a downward force, instantly the floor reacts by pushing the ball with the same force but in the opposite direction. In an example of a bicycle, the tires push the ground backwards and the ground pushes the tires forward with the same force.

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