1st Law
2nd Law
3rd Law
Vocab
Scenarios
100

Newton’s First Law states that an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon _____ force.

Unblanced Force

100

The mathematical formula that expresses Newton's Second Law.

F=MA

100

Newton’s Third Law states that for every action force, there is an equal and opposite_______. 

Reaction Force

100

he metric standard unit used to measure force.

Newtons

100

Seatbelts protect passengers during a sudden crash due to this law of motion.

1st Law

200

This property of matter describes an object’s tendency to resist any change in its state of motion.

Inertia 

200

If you push a light empty grocery cart and a heavy full grocery cart with the exact same force, this cart will accelerate faster.

Lighter cart

200

When a swimmer pushes backward against the water, the water pushes the swimmer _______.

Forward

200

The contact force that opposes motion between two surfaces sliding past each other.

Friction 

200

It takes significantly less strength to kick a soccer ball than a heavy bowling ball due to this law.

2nd 

300

When a school bus stops suddenly, passengers lurch forward due to this law of motion.

Inertia/First Law

300

If the mass of an object stays constant, doubling the force applied to it will do what to the acceleration.

Double It

300

When a space rocket launches, hot exhaust gas pushes downward out of the thrusters, causing the rocket to move ______.

Upward

300

Any change in speed or direction of an object over time.

Acceleration

300

Stepping off a floating canoe causes you to move forward onto the dock while the canoe shoots backward into the water due to this law.

3rd
400

Between a tennis ball and a bowling ball, the bowling ball has greater inertia because it has more _______.

Mass
400

A toy RC car with a mass of 2kg  accelerates at 3m/s The net force pushing the car is this amount.

6N

400

Action and reaction forces never cancel each other out because they always act on different ____. 

Objects

400

The metric unit used to measure mass.

Kilograms 

400

An object moving at a steady 50mph in a straight line has a net force equal to this value.

0N
500

In deep space away from gravity and friction, if you throw a baseball, it will keep moving in a straight line at a constant speed forever because of this.

Inertia/First Law

500

 If a 10N force pushes a block and causes it to accelerate at 2m/s , the mass of the block is this.

5kg 

500

A mosquito bumps into the windshield of a fast-moving highway bus. The force exerted by the bus on the mosquito is __________ compared to the force exerted by the mosquito on the bus.

Equal
500

The overall single force acting on an object after all pushing and pulling forces are combined.

Net Force

500

Bouncing high into the air on a trampoline occurs because you push down on the mat and the mat pushes back up on you due to this law.

3rd Law

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