Newton's Laws Review

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What is Newton's First Law of Motion?

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An object will remain at rest or in uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an external force.

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What is the definition of gravity?

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The attraction any two objects have on one another.

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What is the action force in the context of an archer shooting an arrow?

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Pulling the bowstring back.

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Which Newton's Law states that force equals mass times acceleration?

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Newton's Second Law of Motion.

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What is inertia?

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

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What does Newton's Third Law of Motion state?

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

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What is momentum?

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

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How does mass affect gravitational force?

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The greater the mass of an object, the greater the gravitational force it exerts.

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What is a free body diagram?

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A graphical representation used to visualize the forces acting on an object.

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What is net force?

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The overall force acting on an object when all the individual forces are combined.