Newton's Laws Study Guide
Assignments:
Assignment
Due date
Newton's second law lab
9/10
Problems 1-8 p. 63 (skip #6)
9/13
Problems 1,2,3,5 & 7
9/18
Test
9/18
For the test over Newton's laws, you should be able to:
State the views and/or discoveries of Aristotle, Galileo, Newton, Kepler, and Cavendish regarding motion and gravitation covered in class
State Newton's three laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation in words
Describe the proportionality relationships between variables in the second law and the law of gravitation.
Calculate the change produced in one variable created by a change in another variable.
Use the 2nd law to solve problems, including constant acceleration and gravitation conditions
Define and discuss inertia
Relate concepts of net force and constant speed to acceleration.
State the properties of action-reaction forces.
State the fundamental units of the newton.
Describe a gravitational field in terms of force vectors.
Use the law of universal gravitation to calculate attractive force between two bodies.