Forces and Newton's laws
Free ESAT Physics lesson. Worked examples, common mistakes and a self-check.
What the lesson covers
- What is a force?
- Free-body diagrams and the resultant force
- Newton's first law and why things slow down
- Newton's second law: $F=ma$
- Newton's third law: pairs of forces
- Mass, weight, free fall and terminal velocity
- Springs: force and extension, Hooke's law
- Strategy and applied reasoning
- Self-check questions with answers (8)
Specification: P3.2-3.5. Codes follow the UAT-UK ESAT content specification.
How to use it
- Read a section, then cover the worked example and try it yourself.
- Check the common mistakes list: these are the slips the real test is built to catch.
- Do the self-check without looking back. Mark it against the answers.
- Then practise the topic under time, with the matching practice set.
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