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Newton's Laws
Physical Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Force | A push or pull on an object. |
| Net Force | When two or more forces act on an object at the same time and create a net force. |
| Balanced Force | Forces on an object that are equal in size and opposite in direction |
| Inertia | The tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion |
| Isaac Newton | The scientist that developed the laws of motion |
| The Law of Inertia | another name for the 1st Law of Motion |
| True or False: In a head-on-car crash, passengers who are not wearing a seat belt continue to move forward with the same speed that the car had prior to impact | True |
| Action & Reaction Forces | a force acting in one direction and an equal force acting in the opposite |
| Newton's 3rd Law | for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction |
| Weight | the force of gravity on the object and may be defined as the mass times the acceleration due to gravity |
| Acceleration | the rate of change of velocity |
| Newton's 2nd Law | the acceleration of an object depends on the net force acting on the object and the mass of the object F = m x a |