Newton's second law of motion: The acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the amount of force applied.
Together, Newton's laws of motion describe inertia (the resistance of an object to a change in motion) the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration and action-reaction force pairs respectively: (Jump to a summary of NGSS standards related to Newton's laws of motion)
Newton's Laws of Motion in the K-12 ClassroomĪcross all grade bands, students explore science related to forces, motion, and interactions between objects concepts that use Newton's laws of motion as a fulcrum for understanding forces and motion inertia and equilibrium the relationship between mass and acceleration the difference between acceleration and velocity and how to predict whether objects will move, continue to move, or stop moving and why.
