Newton's Laws
Vocabulary
Forces
Speed & Acceleration
Distance & Displacement
100
An object in motion stays in motion and an object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an outside force.
Newton's First Law
100

How fast an object is traveling

Speed

100

A push or a pull

Force

100

How do you calculate speed?

distance รท time

100

List a unit of measurement for distance.

miles, m, cm, km, etc.

200
Force = Mass x Acceleration is which law?
Newton's Second Law
200

Speed of an object in a certain direction

Velocity

200

When the net force is zero the forces are said to be

Balanced

200
If I traveled 100 miles in 2 hours, what was my speed?
50 mi/hour
200

The straight line path from origin to end is called

Displacement

300
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
Newton's Third Law
300

The starting position or location of an object.

Origin
300

When the forces are unbalanced what will happen to the object.

It will move in the direction of the bigger force.

300

List the three ways an object can accelerate.

Speed up, slow down, turn

300

Calculate the distance traveled. I ran 1 mile north and the turned and ran 2 miles south.

3 miles

400
Wearing seat belts to protect passengers when a car stops quickly is an example of which law?
Newton's First Law
400
Change in velocity

Acceleration

400

Give an example of a distance force

Gravity, magnetism, electricity

400

If a horse accelerates at 30 m/s/s and is exerting 1250 N, how big was the horse?

41.6 kg

400

Describe a way you can have a displacement of zero.

Start and finish in the same place.

500

Draw a force diagram for a football that was kicked into the air through the uprights for a field goal.

Air resistance, gravity, push

500
An objects ability to stay at rest or stay in motion.
Inertia
500

Calculate the net force in a tug of war where 1 person is pulling 20 N left, another is pulling 10 N right, and another is pulling 5 N left.

15 N left

500

Write an example of a velocity.

55 mph north

500
Calculate the displacement. My dog walked 20 km west, then ran after a squirrel 10 km east, then continued running 30 km west back home.

40 km west

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