Newtons Laws
Newtons Laws
Newtons Laws
of
Motion
Explain the
First Law of Motion
Explain the First Law of
Motion
• An object will not change its motion
unless a force acts on it.
• An object that is not moving remains
at rest until something pushes or pulls
it.
• An object that is moving remains
moving until something pushes or
pulls it.
Explain the First Law of
Motion
• The force that causes objects to slow
down is FRICTION.
• Friction always acts opposite to the
direction of motion.
• To keep an object moving when
friction is acting on it, you have to
keep pushing or pulling on the object
to overcome the frictional force.
Explain the First Law of
Motion
• All objects resist having their motion
changed.
• This tendency to resist a change in
motion is called inertia.
• The more mass an object has, the
greater its inertia.
See Examples of the 1st Law of
Motion Here:
http://www.jracademy.com/
~mbasteaf/newton/first/index.html
Review the First Law here:
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/
science/sciber00/8th/forces/sciber/
newtons.htm
More information about
Newton’s First Law of Motion
may be found here:
http://www.beyondbooks.com/psc91/
4a.asp
Explain the
Second Law of Motion
Explain the Second Law of Motion
http://www.jracademy.com/
~mbasteaf/newton/second/
index.html
Review the Second Law here:
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/
science/sciber00/8th/forces/sciber/
newton2.htm
More information about
Newton’s Second Law of
Motion may be found here:
http://www.beyondbooks.com/
psc91/4d.asp
Explain the
Third Law of Motion
Explain the Third Law of
Motion
• When one object exerts a force on a
second object, the second object exerts
an equal force in the opposite direction
on the first object.
• The force exerted by the first object is
the action force.
• The force exerted by the second object
is the reaction force.
See Examples of the 3rd Law of
Motion Here:
http://www.jracademy.com/
~mbasteaf/newton/third/index.html
Review the Third Law here:
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/
science/sciber00/8th/forces/sciber/
newton3.htm
More information about
Newton’s Third Law of Motion
may be found here:
http://www.beyondbooks.com/
psc91/4f.asp