Gravity And Motion Flashcards
Speed required to move out of the gravity of an object
Escape velocity
Law of motion that relates mass and force applied to the acceleration of an object
Newtons first law
Acceleration a mass undergoes on the surface of a celestial object
Surface gravity
Galileo established the idea of _____.
Inertia
Gives the universe its structure
Gravity
Newton had three laws that dealt with _____.
Motion
Dependent upon mass and gravity
Weight
A push or pull
Force
The amount of matter in an object
Mass
An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an outside force
Newtons first law
Often referred to as the action reaction law of motion
Newtons third law
With gravity everything _____ everything else
Attracts
Revised Galileo’s original ideas of motion
Newton
Surface gravity influences the _____ of celestial objects
Shape
