Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each of Newton's laws to its key concept.
- First law
- Second law
- Third law
- Universal gravitation
- Inertia
- Action-reaction pairs
Hints
- Sort by whether the law concerns no force, some force, or a pair of forces.
- Only one law is about two bodies acting on each other.
Show the answer
- First law → Inertia
- Second law →
- Third law → Action-reaction pairs
- Universal gravitation →
Why
Newton formulated three laws of motion and the law of gravitation.
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