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Newton’s Laws Study Guide
1. ________ is the tendency of an object to resist a change until an outside force acts on it.
2. Newton’s First Law of Motion states:
3. The first law is also called the ________________________.
4. A net force is associated with ______________________. An object moves with the net force.
If there is no net force present, we have _________________________, as in the first law.
5. Newton’s Second Law of Motion states:
6. The equation for the second law is ___________________. The larger the force, the
__________ acceleration. The larger the mass, the ___________ force.
7. The SI unit of force is _____________.
8. The downward pull on an object is due to ____________.
9. The force of gravity is effected by: ___________________ and ____________________. A
larger object has _________ gravity than a smaller object. Gravitational force ________ as the
distance between the objects decreases.
10. The motion of a body when only gravity is acting on it is called ________________.
11. Acceleration due to gravity has a value of _________________.
12. What is the difference between weight and mass?
13. The constant velocity of a falling object when the forces of air resistance and gravity balance
out is called ________________________.
14. Objects in space are always in free fall. TRUE or FALSE
15. The curved path an object follows when thrown, launched, etc threw the air is called
_____________________. This motion is made up of 2 parts: ________________ and
________________.
16. Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that:
17. This law is also referred to as the ________________________.
18. Action- reaction force pairs always act on the same object.
TRUE or FALSE
19. Action-reaction forces always occur at the same time.
TRUE or FALSE
20. A property of all moving objects, which is the product of mass and velocity, is called
______________. The equation to calculate this is ______________. Units are __________.
21. To change an objects momentum, a force is needed. TRUE or FALSE
22. The law of conservation of momentum says:
23. Momentum can be easily transferred. TRUE or FALSE
24. Give examples or applications for each of Newton’s 3 Laws.