Newton's Third Law of Motion
Vocabulary
| Mass | A measure of objects inertia; also a measure of the amount of matter in an object. | ![]() |
| Weight | The force o a body due to the gravitational attraction of another body | ![]() |
| Acceleration | The rate at which velocity changes | |
| Interaction | The relationship between the two forces of action and reaction | ![]() |
| Force | a push or pull upon an object | |
| Net Force | The combined forces of all the forces acting on a body | ![]() |
| Newton's Third Law | When one object pushes against another object, the other object pushes back with an equal force in the opposite direction. | |
| Action Force | One of the forces explained in Newton's third Law of motion. | |
| Reaction Force | The force that exerts an equal force in the opposite direction to the action force. | |
| Pressure | The force applied to a unit area of surface |