Newton's Second Law

The acceleration produced by a net force on an object is directly proportional to the net force, is in the same dircetion as the net force, and is inversely proportional to the mass of an object.

Newton's second law is more like a math problem. You have two equations.
The first equation is...

F=ma

F= Force (The force of an object can things like gravity or kinetic energy)
m= mass
a= acceleration

Now, how do you figure out the acceleration of the object? With this second equation...

Knowing this, Newton's second law basically says that the greater the force, the greater the acceleration (if the mass stays constant), and the greater the mass of an object, the less the object will accelerate (if force stays constant).

 

 

Example

Here is an example of Newton's second law.
Let say a snowboarder weighs 65kg, and they are sliding down the side of the halfpipe. And the acceleration in this situation will be caused by gravity, whch is known to be about 9.8 m/s².

To find the force of the object, you just have to multiply the mass (65kg) with the known acceleration (9.8 m/s²). In the end, you should come up with 637 m*kg/s² (meters times kilograms divided by seconds squared). And in this instance, kinetic energy can be used as the force.

* = multiplied