Newtons Three Laws of Motion

1. Newtons First Law of Motion

Sometimes called the law of inertia, it states that an object speeds up or
slows down only when a nonzero net force acts upon it. An object moving
in a free force environment will move in a straight line indefinitely.
Ex:
a) Kick a ball, and the force of gravity and air resistance make it slow
and fall.
b) While riding a skateboard, you fly forward off the board when hitting
a curb or rock, the object abruptly halts the motion of the
skateboard.
c) A rider on a running horse is thrown forward when the horse stops
suddenly due to inertia of motion.
d) When a baseball is thrown it will continue to move forward until
acted upon by gravity. The greater the force of the throw, the harder
it is for gravity to act upon it.
e) If a player in ice hockey does not hit a stationary puck, it will remain
at rest on the ice. After the puck is struck, it slows down because of
friction and wind resistance. If we would be able to remove all
friction and air resistance, and if the rink is infinitely large, the puck
would coast forever in a constant speed in a straight line.
2. Newton's Second Law of Motion
The amount by which an object changes acceleration depends on its
mass and how big the force is. When a net force acts on an object, then
that object accelerates. The direction of acceleration is the same as the
direction of the net force.
This relationship can be written as an equation:
Acceleration~ net force/mass
Ex:
a) A 12 lb. bowling ball goes faster down the lane than a 16 lb.
bowling ball.
b) When you kick a soccer ball with a soft kick (small force) the ball
rolls slowly. When you kick the soccer ball with a hard kick (large
force) the ball rolls faster.
c) If you use the same force to push a truck and push a car, the car
will have more acceleration than the truck, because the car has
less mass.
d) It is easier to push an empty shopping cart than a full one, because
the full shopping cart has more mass than the empty one. This
means that more force is required to push the full shopping cart.
e) Pushing a kid on a swing is easier than pushing an adult on the
same swing, because the adult has more inertia.
3. Newtons Third Law of Motion

When two objects interact with each other they exert forces upon each
other. When an object exerts force on a second object, the second object
exerts equal and opposite force on the first object. These two forces have
the same magnitude but are opposite directions. It is often stated: For
every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Ex:
a) Feet push down on the floor & the floor pushes up at feet as you
walk.
b) When you dive off of a diving board, you push down on the
springboard. The board springs back and forces you into the air.
c) When the bat hits the ball, the ball hits the bat.
d) If two soccer balls hit each other, rolling at equal speeds in exactly
opposites directions, they bounce apart and roll back the way they
came.
e) When you jump off a small rowing boat into water, you will push
yourself forward towards the water. The same force you used to
push forward will make the boat move backwards.

Newtons Three Laws of Motion Applied to Bowling

I.

Summary Bowling:

Bowling is a sport that consists of a player that rolls a bowling ball across a lane
to knock down as many pins as possible. The score depends on how many pins
got knocked down; the more pins knocked down, the higher the score. The lane
is 41 inches wide and is 60 feet long. There are different forms of the game,
which require a different amount of people on one team. For example, in a
league, the team usually has about 2-5 people. Bowling balls are used to knock
the pins down, and they come in different sizes from six to 16 pounds depending
on what the player prefers. In bowling, there are 10 frames where in each; the
players have two chances to knock down all the pins. When all 10 pins are
knocked down on the first try it is called a strike. When all the pins are knocked
down after the second try, it is called a spare. A foul can be committed if one was
to step over the line at the end of the lane.
II.

III.

Friction:
Friction is a force that holds back the movement of a sliding object.
Because the lanes are oiled in specific ways, there is more or less friction
on any given part of a lane at any time. The less oil in a particular spot, the
more friction, and vice versa.
A surface without much friction will make a bowling balls distance much
longer than a surface that has more friction, which will have a shorter
distance.
Newtons Laws of Motion Applied to Bowling:

First Law:
1) A bowling ball will stay in motion unless acted by a force, for example a
ball coming out the machine is slowed down by a stationary bowling ball.
2) When bowling in a newly oiled almost friction less lane. When you roll the
ball it will stay in motion until its collision with the pins and the wall.
3) The pins at the end of the lane are at rest and will remain at rest until the
bowling ball hits them. When that ball hits them the ball acts as an outside
force.
4) When a bowling ball is released, it falls. This happens because the force
of gravity pushes it down.
5) This bowling ball slows down as it rolls because of the force of friction if
the lane is not oiled properly. If no forces acted on the ball, it would not
stop rolling.

Second Law:
1) When a stationary bowling ball is hit with the force of a moving bowling
ball, the force is transferred causing the stationary bowling ball to move.

2) When the bowling ball hits the pins it exerts a force on each pin. The pin's
acceleration is according to its mass (m) and the force (f) the ball exerted
on it.
3) The pins will be knocked down depending on how much force is exerted
upon them. The faster the ball is coming, the greater the force of the
collision and the greater the pin's acceleration.
4) When you throw the bowling ball softly (small force), the ball rolls slowly in
a lower speed. When you throw the bowling ball hard (large force), the ball
rolls faster with more speed.
5) The more mass the bowling ball has the harder it is to get the ball rolling
and to get the ball to stop.
Third Law:
1) When the bowling ball interacts with the bumper it bounces of with a
force equal to the force the ball exerted going in.
2) If a person throws a bowling ball down a bowling lane, the person will end
up staggering back a little from the force of throwing the bowling ball.
3) When the ball hits the pins the pins push back with an equal force. The
ball thrown will apply a force on the pins that will knock down the pins.
4) The bowlers feet push down on the floor and the floor pushes up at his
feet.
5) When the bowler hold a bowling ball his hands push up the bowling ball
and the bowling ball is pushing his hands down.

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Conceptual Physics
Sears and Zemanskys University Physics
The World of Science
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