Historical Views & Newton
The discoverer of the law of inertia
Issac Newton
Another name for Newton's First Law
Law of Inertia
The gravitational field strength of earth
What is 10 N (9.8N/kg)
What police use to know if you are speeding.
What is instantaneous speed
The formula to find acceleartion
A = ∆V/∆T
Copernicus published that
The Earth rotates around the sun
Inertia is
The three things that affect the strength of gravity
mass of object 1, mass of object 2, and distance between them
The formula to find velocity
V = ∆D/DT
When the velocity of an object decreases
Galileo was unter house arrest for
supporting a heliocentric (sun-centered) system of planets
If the mass of an object is doubled, what also changes? How does it change?
Inertia, doubled
The formula to find weight using gravity
Weight (N) = mass (kg) x gravitational field strength (N/kg)
What is speed
Units of acceleration are expressed as units of
Newtons key insight about the apple
The moon is pulled toward Earth by the same force as the apple.
Inertial mass can be measured by using ______ to measure _______
The inverse square law describes...
Units of velocity are expressed as units of
distance/time
If an object is accelerating, it must be experiencing
unbalanced forces
Define the unit named after Issac Newton
1N = 1kg m/s2
The plane is accelerating or decelerating
The relative gravitational field strength experienced by an object if the distance is doubled
What is 1/4th the strength
What control in a car only controls velocity?
What is the steering wheel
If a car is traveling at 67 mi/hr, what can be said about its acceleration?
A = 0 mi/hr/s