Physical Science Chapter 7: Force and Newton's Laws

Vocabulary Words
Objective Questions
7-1  Newton's First Law
page 194
force
net force
balanced forces
Newton's first law of motion
friction
static friciton
sliding friction
rolling friction
  • How can a force be exerted?
  • What happen when two forces act in the same direction?
  • What happens when two forces act in opposite directions?
  • Why  is Newton's first law important?
  • What are the three kinds of friction.  Give an example of each.
  • What do the different forms of friction have in common?
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7-2  Newton's Second Law
page 200
Newton's second law of motion
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centripetal force
air resistance
  • What is gravity?
  • What two things does the force of gravity depend on?
  • What is the difference between weight and mass?
  • In circular motion, what force acts upon the object?
  • What is the equation that shows the acceleration of an object due to net force?
  • Describe satellite motion. Include a picture illustrating your answer. Visit this website: http://www.mcanv.com/p1aso.html
  • What is terminal velocity?
  • Can you change your terminal velocity?  Explain.
7-3 Newton's Third Law
page 207
Newton's third law of motion
action-reaction pairs
free fall
weightlessness
  • Give three examples of action-reaction pairs.
  • Why don't action-reaction pairs cancel each other out?
  • How do we use action-reaction pairs?
  • What are the action-reaction pairs in a rocket launch?
  • Are astronauts really weightless? Why?

Be able to write down from memory Newton's Three Laws of Motion!!!!
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