Formulas
What fills the blank in the following equation
?=ma
Force (or F)
If the mass of an object is 12 kg and it's accelerating at 4 m/s^2, what is the force?
48 Newtons
The mass is 7 kg and there is a force of 26 N left and 12 N right. What is the acceleration?
2 m/s^2
An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
Newton's First Law
The rate at which velocity changes over time.
Acceleration
What fills the blank in the following equation
?=F/m
Acceleration (or a)
If the mass of an object is 5 kg and it's accelerating at a speed of 40 m/s^2, what is the force?
200 Newtons
The mass is 40 kg and there is a force of 60 N left and a force of 300 N left. What is the acceleration?
90 m/s^2
A regularity or mathematical description of a natural phenomenon.
Scientific Law
Calculated with distance over time.
Speed
What fills the blank in the following equation
?=F/a
Mass (or m)
If the mass of an object is 9 kg and the acceleration is 3 m/s^2, what is the force?
27 N
The mass is 40 kg and there is a force of 180 N right and a force of 20 N right. What is the acceleration?
50m/s^2
Tendency of an object to resist any change in motion.
Inertia
A quantity with direction and magnitude
Vector
Did Abraham Lincoln have slaves?
The mass is 20 kg and there is a force of 70 N up and a force of 190 N down. What is the acceleration?
60 m/s^2
Also called the Law of Acceleration or simply described in the formula F=ma
Newton's Second Law
A quantity having no direction.
Scalar
Write a quadratic function in vertex form of the parabola that has a vertex of (1, 7) and passes through the point (3, 15).
f(x)=2(x-1)^2+7
The mass is 100 kg and there is a force of 30 N left and 200 N right. What is the acceleration?
1.7 m/s^2
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Newton's Third Law
described in Newton's 3rd Law - result from objects interacting and exerting force and each other.
Force Pairs