SCIENCE ( 1.2 ) Flashcards
Newton’s first law of motion states:
“An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the
same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced
force.”
is the tendency of the object to resist
changes in its motion or the tendency to remain in its
position or to keep on doing what it is doing.
Inertia
is the amount of matter that an object possesses. It is also used to describe how
much inertia an object has. Its unit of measurement is kilogram (kg). The mass of an
object remains constant and is not dependent on the force of gravity.
Mass
Weight on Earth
9.8 m/s 2
is the force exerted on an object due to the force of gravity. It is also the product
of mass and acceleration due to gravity (g).
Weight
Weight on Moon
1.63 m/s 2
Formula for weight
W = MG
an English physicist and a mathematician who was able to explain
the reasons why objects move, stop, or keep moving through his laws of motions.
Sir Isaac Newton