Gravity and Motion
Newton's Laws of Motion
Momentum
Vocabulary
True or False
100
In the late 1500's, a young Italian scientist
What is Galileo Galilei
100
The Acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the amount of force applied
What is Newton's Second Law
100
When a moving object hits another object, some or all of the momentum of the first object is transferred to the object that is hit
What is Law of Conservation of Momentum
100
The object then falls at a constant velocity
What is Terminal Velocity
100
All forces act in pairs
What is true
200
Objects fall at the same rate
What is acceleration due to gravity
200
Whenever one object exerts a force on a second object, the second object exerts an equal and opposite force on the first
What is Newton's third law
200
After two objects stick together they move as one object
What is Objects Sticking Together
200
Gravity pulling down and no other forces are acting on it
What is Free Fall
300
For every second that an object falls
What is 9.8 m/s/s
300
An object at rest remains at rest, an object in motion remains in motion at constant speed and in a straight line unless acted on by an unbalanced force
What is Newton's first law
300
The curved path an object follows when it is thrown or propelled near the surface of the earth
What is Projectile Motion
400
Size, shape, and speed of an object
What is air resistance
400
A rabbit jumping off the ground
What is Action and reaction
400
The tendency of all objects to resist any change in motion
What is inertia
500
Traveling around another object in space
What is orbiting
500
Sliding a desk across the floor
What is friction
500
When an object depends on the objectÅ› mass and velocity
What is Momentum