What is Newton's Second Law of Motion? Flashcards
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background knowledge…
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- mass: amount of matter in an object
- acceleration: speed up, slow down, change direction
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Newton’s second law of motion
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- The acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force, in the same direction as the net force, and inversely proportional to the mass of the object
- force = Mass * Acceleration