Newtons first and second laws Flashcards

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What is Newtons first law?

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Resultant force is needed to make something start moving, speed up or slow down

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What happens if the force on an stationary object is zero

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The object will remain stationary

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What happens if the force on an moving object is zero

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It’ll carry on moving at same velocity

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So for example if a vehicle like a car was driving at constant velocity how would Newtons law apply?

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The resistive ,driving forces must all be balanced
Velocity will only change if there’s a non - zero resultant force acting on object

1) a non - zero resultant force will always produce an acceleration in the direction of force
2) This acceleration will take 5 different form, starting, stopping, speeding up, slowing down , changing direction
3) on free body diagram , the arrows will be unequal

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