THE THREE LAWS OF MOTION Flashcards
FIRST LAW- (…) MEAN (…) IN (…)
BALANCED FORCES MEAN NO CHANGE IN VELOCITY
DEFINITION OF THE FIRST LAW
IF THE FORCES OF AN OBJECT ARE ALL BALANCED, THAN ITLL JUST STAY STILL, OR ELSE IF ITS ALREAY MOVING ITLL JUST CARRY ON MOVING AT THE SAME VELOCITY (THERE MUST BE ZERO RESULTANT FORCE)
EXAMLE OF THE FIRST LAW
WHENB A TRAIN, CAR OR BUS IS MOVING AT A CONSTANT VELOCITY THEN THE FORCES ON IT MUST ALL BE BALANCED
SECOND LAW- A (…) MEANS (…)
RESULTANT FORCE MEANS ACCELERATION
LONG DEFINITION SECOND LAW
IF THERE IS UNBALANCED FORCE, THEN THE OBJECT WILL ACCELERATE IN THAT DIRECTION
ACCELERATION (STARTING, STOPPING, SPEEDING UP, SLOWING DOWN AND CHANGING DIRECTION)
WHAT IS THE FORMULA (RESULTANT FORCE= MASS x ACCELERATION) FOR
TO MAKE ANY RESULTANT FORCE PRODUCE AN ACCELERATION (BIG MASS TRAVEL AS FAST AS THE SMALL ONE THANKS TO A BIGGER FORCE)
THE THIRD LAW (…)
REACTION FORCES
WHAT IS THE FANCY DEFINITION OF THE THIRD LAW
IF OBJECT ‘A’ EXERTS A FORCE ON OBJECT ‘B’ THEN OBJECT ‘B’ EXERTS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE FORCE ON OBJECT ‘A’