Newton's Laws of Motion

Newton’s Laws

1. Identify and explain Newton’s 3 laws of motion.

Newton’s 2nd Law

1. Draw Free Body Diagrams for a given system.

2. Use Newton’s 2nd law to predict changes in motion of macroscopic objects.

3. Differentiate between static and kinetic friction.

4. Solve problems where an object is accelerating on an inclined plane.

5. Solve problems involving the use of springs.

6. Solve problems using centripetal force.

Orbiting Objects

1. Use Kepler’s Laws to describe the motions of orbiting objects.

2. Solve problems using Kepler’s 3rd Law.

3. Use Newton’s law of universal gravitation to describe and predict the gravitation between distant objects.

4. Solve problems using Newton’s Law of universal gravitation.

5. Solve problems involving acceleration due to gravity and orbital velocity.