<Newton’s Gravity>

Who is Newton?
Isaac Newton is a
scientist who found
gravity. Gravity is
what keeps us from
floating into outer
space. It is what pulls
us and keeps us on
the ground. He found
out about gravity
when an apple fell on
his head when he
was reading a book
under tree. Of
course, the story is almost certainly embellished by the
generations of storytellers who came after him.
Nonetheless, it is one of the most famous stories in the
history of science, and is the start of our understanding
of gravity.

<The Three Laws of Motion>

The First Law of Motion: I want to stay still! / I want
to keep moving!
The main theme in the first law of motion is inertia.
Inertia is a property of matter by which an object
continues its existing state. In other words, an object
moving wants to stay moving, and an object stationary
wants to stay stationary. One example is a person
standing in a bus. When the bus starts from rest, a
person standing will swing backwards, and when the
bus moves at a constant, unchanging speed, the
person will be able to stand properly again. When the
bus stops suddenly, the person will swing forward. This
is inertia, the first law of motion.

The Second Law of Motion: The Bigger the Object

and the Acceleration, the Bigger the Force
The second law is a bit trickier. If you and a feather
push a desk, for example, who will push with more
force? The answer is you, of course. It is because the
force an object creates on something else can be
calculated by multiplying the object’s mass and its
acceleration, or how fast it’s speeding up or slowing
down.
Force = Mass x Acceleration -> F=ma
If something is really big and speeding up or slowing
down, it will have a lot of force. Since you are bigger
and heavier than a feather, you have more force in
pushing the desk. But something that is speeding up
really fast also has a lot of force. If you are running at
the desk to push it, you will have more success in
moving it compared to when you are jogging towards it.
This is how acceleration affects the amount of force and

is the key of the second law of motion.

The Third of Law of Motion: What You Push Pushes
You Back
What happens when you push at a wall? The wall
doesn’t move. It is because the wall is pushing back at
you with the same amount of force you are pushing the
wall with. Then what happens when you punch a wall?
You hand hurts a lot. That is because the wall is
delivering the same amount of force you punched the
wall with your hands back at you. This give and take of
force is called action and reaction. The force you or
something else acts on another object is the action,
and the force returned by the other object is called
reaction. So, don’t go punching things; it will only hurt
your hand.

<Summary>
The First Law of Motion: Inertia
The Second Law of Motion: Acceleration
The Third Law of Motion: Action & Reaction

<Photo Credits>
briankoberlein.com
https://briankoberlein.com/2014/06/13/newtons-apple/
errorlessphysics.com
http://newtonof21century.blogspot.com/2014/10/laws-of-
motion.html#!/2014/10/laws-of-motion.html
wikiHow.com
https://www.wikihow.com/Calculate-Acceleration
Socratic.org
https://socratic.org/questions/what-is-newton-s-third-law
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