What causes motion?
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Motion is caused by forces. A stationary object does not move unless a force acts on it to start it going. Once it is moving, it carries on at the same speed and in the same direction unless a force makes it speed up, change direction or slow down and stop.
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A force cause motion.
According to Newton’s second law, the sum of forces applied to a system is proportional to the acceleration of that system; and acceleration is nothing but an evolution of speed.
So if you want to go from not moving to moving, you need a push.
Now there are countless examples:
a rock falling from a skyscraper is pulled by the gravitational force and gets in motion.
a rocket moving up is pushed by its engine (gravity is still there, but the motor is stronger so the total force is upward).
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