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What is Newton's first law? |
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An object continues in its state of rest or of uniform velocity in a straight line as long as no net force acts on it. |
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The tendency of an object to remain at rest |
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What are some real world examples and applications of Newton's first law? |
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A ball at rest in a moving car will roll forward when the car stops because of inertia. |
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The measure of inertia in an object and the measure of the quantity of matter in an object |
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What is Newton's second law? |
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Acceleration is directly proportional to the net force acting on it and is proportional to mass. Direction of acceleration is in the direction of net force. |
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What is the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration? |
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What does it mean when the sum of the forces acting on a body are zero? |
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What is the weight of an object? |
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What is the normal force? |
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The force between an object and a surface perpendicular to it |
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What is the relationship between normal force and weight of an object? |
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What is Newton's third law? |
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Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
FAB= -FBA |
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What is an interaction pair?
Why dont the forces cancel out? |
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Two forces acting on each other don't cancel out because there is more than one force acting on each object |
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