Newtons Laws of Motions Flashcards
Newton’s 1st Law of Motion
1.An object at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
- An object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
- Referred to as the “Law of Inertia”
A force that produces no change in an object’s motion because it is balanced by an equal yet opposite force.
Balanced Force
forces that result in an objects motion being changed
Unbalanced Forces
Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion
The greater the force, the greater the acceleration.
The greater the mass, the greater the amount of force needed to move the object.
Force
Mass x Acceleration or F = M x A
Units of Force
Newtons (N)
Referred to as the
Law of Force & Acceleration”
Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion
For every action, there is an equal and opposite re-action.
For every force acting on an object,
there is an equal force acting
in the opposite direction.
Referred to as the
Law of Action
and Reaction
Momentum
Mass x Velocity
When two objects travel at the same velocity
the object with more mass has a greater momentum.
If two objects have the same mass
the object with the larger velocity has the larger momentum.
What is Momentum
Fundamental property in physics and is defined as the product of the object’s mass and velocity