Newton's Laws Flashcards

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Newton’s first law

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every object will remain at rest or in uniform motion in a straight line unless compelled to change its state by the action of an external force.

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Newton’s second law

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F=ma the mass of an object is directly proportional to it’s force and inversely proportional to its acceleration

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Newton’s third law

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for every action (force) in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction

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Newton’s fourth law/Law of gravitation

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every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with force directly proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them

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