Forces and movement

A. State Newtons 1st Law of Motion.

Examples for Newtons 1st Law of Motion.

The bottle rests

with a system of
balanced forces.

The glider of the air track

moves at a constant velocity
with a system of balanced
forces.

B. State Newtons 2nd Law of Motion.

Newtons 2nd Law of motion as an equation

Unbalanced force = Mass

acceleration

F = ma
Answer the questions using the given diagram of wooden
block.

15
N

8
kg

35
N

Find the unbalanced force on the block

Calculate the acceleration of the block

What is the direction of the acceleration?

C. State Newtons 3rd Law of Motion.

Newtons 3rd Law pair forces have the following properties.

They are equal in size
They are opposite in direction
They act on different objects
They are same type of forces

Use the given diagram of a ball kept on a floor, to identify

Newtons 3rd Law pair forces.
Normal
Reaction

Weight
Push from the
D. Consider the given applicationsball
of Newton Laws of Motion.

A driver sees an obstacle while travelling at a constant speed. He

applies breaks and decelerates uniformly to until he comes to rest. The
speed time graph for his motion is given below.

v
(m/s)

Thinking distance

6
0

Brakin
g
distanc

0.5

t (s)