Early Life
Newton was born in this English village in 1643
What is Woolsthorpe?
This law states an object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by a force.
What is the Law of Inertia (What is the 1st Law of Motion)?
Why does a ball rolling on the ground eventually stop?
What is friction?
Newton published his laws of motion in this famous book.
What is Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Principia)?
Newton attended this prestigious university.
What is Trinity College, Cambridge?
This is equal to mass times acceleration.
What is Force?
Why are you pressed back in your seat when a car accelerates?
What is inertia?
This concept describes an object's resistance to changing its motion.
What is inertia?
Newton is know for his work on optics and .......
What is motion?
For every action, there is an equal and opposite...
What is reaction?
Why does a rocket need constant thrust to travel in space?
What is air resistance? There is no air resistance in space.
This Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer influenced the work of Sir Isaac Newton.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
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Who is Isaac Newton's mother?
Newton developed these to describe the relationship between the motion of an object and the force acting on the object.
What are the laws of motion?
This law explains why more force is needed to push a shopping cart when more objects are added to the cart.
What is Newton's 2nd Law of Motion?
Newton developed this powerful form of analysis that includes finding slopes and curves and areas under curves.
What is calculus?