Newton's Laws
Motion Calculations
What's that Motion?
Recognizing Force
Extra Terms
100

The secondary name in reference to Newton's First Law

What is Law of Inertia?

100

The SI Unit of force

What is newton?

100

The action exerted on an object which may change an object's state of rest or motion

What is force?

100

The part of friction dependent on the composition and qualities of the surfaces in contact

What is the force of friction?

100

The magnitude of gravitational force

What is weight?

200

The Newton's Law which states an object stays at rest for the most part with constant velocity.

What is Newton's First Law?

200

The equation for net force?

What is mass x acceleration?

200

The state in which the net force on an object is zero

What is equilibrium?

200

The force that acts on a surface in a direction perpendicular to the surface

What is normal force?

200

The vector sum of all forces acting on an object

What is net force?

300

The Newton's Law whereas two forces are opposite in direction

What is Newton's Third Law?

300

The magnitude of normal force is calculated with

What is Fn = mg cos theta

300

The force that resists the initiation of sliding motion between two surfaces that are in contact and at rest

What is static friction?

300

The diagram in which vector arrows represent all forces in a situation

What is force diagram?

300

The tendency of an object to resist being moved or, if the object is moving, to resist a change in speed or direction

What is inertia?

400

The Newton's Law dependent on the net force acting on an object

What is Newton's Second Law?

400

The symbol of gravitational force

What is Fg?

400

The force that opposes the movement of two surfaces that are in contact and are sliding over each other

What is kinetic friction?

400

The force in which results from physical contact between two objects

What is contact force?

400

The opposite of kinetic friction

What is the direction of motion?

500

The Newton's Law that defines the relationship between acceleration, force, and mass

What is Newton's Second Law?

500

The equation equivalent to 1 newton

1 kg x m/s2

500

The quantity that expresses the dependence of frictional forces on the particular surfaces in contact

What is coefficient of friction?

500

The force in which does not involve physical contact between two objects

What is field force?

500

The diagram in which the force of friction is always parallel to the surface of contact

What is free-body diagram?

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