Newtons Second Law

Today: Review Newtons first law

You will be able to:

• Define Newtons first law Explore Newtons second law

• Demonstrate Newtons first law
Small experiment and write up
 Daily review

A force is a push or pull upon an object resulting from the

object's interaction with another object.

Mass is a measurement of the amount of matter in some

object. It depends only on what type of atoms the object is
made of, and how many atoms there are. Mass is traditionally
measured in kilograms (kg).

Weight is a measurement of the gravitational force on an

object. It not only depends on the object’s mass, but also on
its location. Therefore, weight is actually a measure of force.
 Resultant/net force
300N – 200N = 100N to the right/forward.
This means the bike is accelerating.
 Newtons first law
An object at rest stays at rest and an object in
motion stays in motion with the same speed and in
the same direction unless acted upon by an
•
unbalanced force.

Also referred to as the law of inertia.

 What is inertia?
a property of matter by which it continues in its
existing state of rest or uniform motion in a
straight line, unless that state is changed by an
external force.
 5 Minute task
On the back of your worksheets write down how a
seat belt uses Newtons first law/the law of inertia.
 5 Minute task -
Answer
Seat belts stop you tumbling around
inside the car if there is a collision.
Upon sensing a collision the seat belts
lock in place. When the car crashes,
there is no unbalanced force acting on
the person, so they continue forward
(Newton's First Law).

The person moves against the seat

belt, exerting a force on it. The seat
belt then exerts a force back on the
person (Newton's Third Law). This
causes a controlled deceleration of the
person.
 10 Minute task

Answer Newtons first law questions

 Newtons second law

The second law states that the acceleration of an

object is dependent upon two variables - the net
• acting upon the object and the mass of the
force
object.
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 Newtons second law

The acceleration of an object depends directly upon the net force

acting upon the object, and inversely upon the mass of the object.

As the force acting upon an object is increased, the acceleration of the

object is increased.

As the mass of an object is increased, the acceleration of the object is

decreased.
 Newtons second law

The net force is equated to the product of the mass

times the acceleration.

Fnet = m • a
 Newtons second law

1 Newton = 1 kg • m/s2

One Newton is defined as the amount of force required to

give a 1-kg mass an acceleration of 1 m/s/s.
 Newtons second law - Calculations
The net force is equated to the product of the mass
times the acceleration.
Fnet = m • a

20 10 x 2
18.85 6.5 x 2.9
7 56 / 8
3.6 24.6 / 6.8
9 108 / 12
0.1 2.9 / 29
221.4 17.3 x 12.8
1.4 17.5 / 12.5
 Newtons second law - Calculations
The net force is equated to the product of the mass
times the acceleration.

Fnet = m • a