1. The document discusses Isaac Newton and his work on motion and forces. It explains Aristotle's view of motion requiring force versus Galileo's view that objects naturally continue in motion without force. 
2. Forces can cause objects to start or stop moving, change direction, or maintain constant motion depending on whether the net force is balanced or unbalanced. Contact forces like applied force, normal force, and friction oppose motion while gravity acts from a distance.
3. Free body diagrams use arrows to represent all forces acting on an object and their magnitudes and directions to analyze motion. Friction opposes the relative motion between two surfaces in contact.