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What is a force?
A push or pull upon an object.
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What is Newton's First Law?
An object at rest stays at rest
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What is Newton's First Law (Law of Inertia)
Even when a car stops suddenly, the passengers still fly forward or are held back by seatbelts.
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What is motion?
A change in position of an object.
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What is Newton's Third Law?
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
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What is Newton's First Law?
A ball will stay sitting in a parking lot until a child kicks it.
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What is speed?
Is calculated by dividing distance / time.
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What is Newton's Second Law?
Force=mass multiplied by acceleration
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What is Newton's Third Law?
At a go-cart course, the cars bounce back after running into each other.
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What is acceleration?
How an object gradually speeds up or slows down.
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What is Newton's First Law?
The Law of Inertia
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What is Newton's Second Law?
A heavier football player releases more force to run at the same speed as a lighter football player.
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What is Isaac Newton?
The scientist who named gravity.
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What is Newton's Second Law?
A heavier box takes more force to push.
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What is Newton's Second Law?
Pushing a chair takes less force than pushing a heavy couch.
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