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Sir Isaac Newton’s

Three Laws of Motion


Newton’s First Law of Motion
“ Every object in a state of uniform motion
tends to remain in that state of motion
unless an external force is applied to it.”

Which Means:
An object in motion tends to stay in
motion, and an object at rest tends to stay
at rest, unless the object is acted upon by
an outside force
Newton’s First Law of Motion
Newton’s first law = inertia Objects at rest remain at rest.

This means that if a rock is in motion


and nothing at all is pushing on it
or pulling on it, then it will continue
in a straight line forever (or until
something pushes on it).

We usually don’t notice the effects of


Newton’s first law on earth A lot of inertia! Very little inertia.
because the atmosphere and the
air, will eventually slow down any
moving objects. Since the train is Since the baby
so huge, it is carriage is so
In space moving objects will obey difficult to small, it is very
Newton’s first law because there
is no air or atmosphere. move the train easy to move
from rest. from rest.
Newton’s Second Law of Motion
Which Means:
“The acceleration of an
object is in the same Acceleration = Force
direction of the externally Mass
applied force and is
 Acceleration = the rate at which
directly proportional to the velocity changes
magnitude of force  Velocity is measured in meters
applied as well as per second (m/s)
inversely proportional to  Acceleration is usually measured
in meters per second squared
the mass of the object.” (m/s2)
 Force is expressed in Newtons
(N)
Newton’s Second Law of Motion
 The second law governs all acceleration

 Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a


mass

 The greater the mass (of the object being


accelerated), the greater amount of force needed
(to accelerate the object)
Newton’s Second Law of Motion

 Joe makes the 1000kg car accelerate at .05 m/s 2


 Using Newton’s 2nd law you can compute how
much force Joe is applying to the car.
Newton’s Second Law of Motion
 Using the equation: Force = Mass x
Acceleration (1,000 kg x .05 m/ s2)
You would get the answer of 50 N
 Answer:
Joe is applying 50 Newtons of force to
the car.
Newton’s Third Law of Motion
“For every force imposed, there is an equal
and opposing force in reaction, so as the
Earth’s gravity pulls on the Moon, the
Moon pulls back on the Earth with an
equally strong force.”

Which means:
Every action has an equal and opposite re-
action (actions = forces)
Newton’s Third Law of Motion
 We feel the third law every
time we interact with other
surroundings.

 For example when you punch


someone in the face you know
that your hand applies a force
to the person’s face, but the
person’s face also applies a
force to your hand. Usually,
the reason it hurts the face
more than the hand is because
the face is softer than the
hand.
Newton’s Third Law of Motion

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