newtons first law
An object at rest stays at rest, or an object in motion stays in motion, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
What is Newton's First Law (Law of Inertia)
This law describes the relationship between Force, Mass, and Acceleration, often written as a famous formula.
What is Newton's Second Law
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, states this law
What is Newton's Third Law
A push or a pull is defined as this
what is a force?
ccording to popular legend, Newton was inspired to study gravity after one of these fell from a tree.
What is an apple
This property of matter makes it resist changes in its state of motion
What is inertia
in the equation f=ma, what does the "A" stand for?
What is acceleration?
When a swimmer pushes water backward with their arms, the water pushes the swimmer forward; this is an example of this law.
What is the Third Law (or action-reaction)?
A force that opposes motion, like friction, is a type of this
What is an unbalanced force (or friction)
Newton is credited with developing this advanced branch of mathematics to help describe the laws of motion
What is Calculus?
A book sitting on a table is an example of this law in action; it won't move unless you push it.
What is the First Law?
If you double the force on a cart but keep the mass the same, its acceleration will do this.
What is double (or double the acceleration)?
The recoil of a cannon after firing is the reaction to the cannonball flying forward, illustrating this principle.
What is the Third Law?
The tendency of an object to resist changes in its motion is its __________.
What is inertia
Newton was a professor at this prestigious English university, where he also published his famous Principia.
What is Cambridge University (specifically Trinity College)?
When you flick an index card from under a coin, the coin drops into a cup because of this.
What is inertia (or the First Law)
Pushing a small toy car requires less of this force than pushing a real car, due to differences in their mass.
What is force?
Rockets work in space because they push gas backward (action) and are pushed forward (reaction) by this law.
What is the Third Law?
When all forces acting on an object are equal and opposite, and the net force is zero, they are called this.
What are balanced forces?
In 1668, Newton invented the first practical version of this type of telescope, which uses mirrors rather than lenses.
What is a reflecting telescope (or Newtonian telescope)?
A bowling ball has more of this than a tennis ball, making it harder to start or stop.
What is inertia (or mass)
To get a greater acceleration for a given force, you must decrease the object's _________.
What is Newton's Third Law?
This force pair always acts on different objects, explaining why a rocket pushes on gas, and the gas pushes on the rocket.
What are action-reaction forces (or the Third Law)
This is the name of the publication in 1687 where Isaac Newton first stated his three laws of motion.
What is Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (or simply Principia)?
In 1705, Newton became the first scientist to receive this honor from Queen Anne.
What is Knighthood (making him Sir Isaac Newton)?