Newton's Laws Task Card - Answers

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When you are standing up in a train and the train suddenly stops, your body keeps going forward.

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Newton's 1st Law

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As a rocket ignites, the force of the gas expansion and explosion pushes out the back of the rocket and pushes the rocket upward.

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Newton's 3rd Law

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When Timmy and his grandpa are throwing rocks in the pond, the rocks that Timmy's grandpa throws go farther and faster.

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Newton's 2nd Law

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A frog leaping upward off his lily pad is pulled downward by gravity and lands on another lily pad instead of continuing on in a straight line.

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Newton's 1st Law

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What law explains that giving more gas to a car makes it go faster?

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Newton's 2nd Law

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A pitched baseball goes faster than a thrown baseball.

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Newton's 2nd Law

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A swimmer pushes water back with her arms, but her body moves forward.

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Newton's 3rd Law

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A little boy has been pulling a sled behind him in the snow crying because when he stopped to tie his hat, the sled kept moving and hit him in the back of the leg. Which law of motion does this illustrate?

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Newton's 1st Law

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As a hockey player skates he pushes harder with his leg muscles and begins to move faster.

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Newton's 2nd Law