Newton's Laws

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What is Newton's 1st Law of Motion?

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An object at rest will stay at rest, and an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

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What is the Law of Inertia?

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The tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion.

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What does the Law of Acceleration state?

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The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on it and inversely proportional to its mass.

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What is Newton's 2nd Law of Motion?

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Force equals mass times acceleration (F = ma).

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What is Newton's 3rd Law of Motion?

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For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

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What is friction?

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A force that opposes the motion of an object.

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What is gravity?

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A force that attracts two bodies towards each other, commonly experienced as the force that pulls objects towards the Earth.

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What is acceleration?

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The rate of change of velocity of an object.

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What is velocity?

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The speed of an object in a given direction.

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What is momentum?

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The product of an object's mass and its velocity.