Newton's Laws Vocab

The amount of matter in an object

• Gravity

• Inertia

• Mass

• Weight

The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion

• Gravity

• Inertia

• Weight

• Deceleration

A rocket ship taking off from Earth

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• Newton's 4th Law

A bowling ball can knock down more pins than a tennis ball

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• Newton's 4th Law

lay pencil on your desk - it will stay at rest until you pick it up

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• Newton's 4th Law

A measure of the force of gravity acting on an object

• Acceleration

• Inertia

• Mass

• Weight

Negative acceleration or slowing down

• Acceleration

• Deceleration

• Inertia

• Mass

If you push on a wall, it will push back on you as hard as you are pushing on it.

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• Newton's 4th Law

An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• Newton's 4th Law

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

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• Newton's 4th Law