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Newton's 3rd Law

Newton's 3rd Law

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Science

9th Grade

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NGSS
MS-PS2-1, MS-PS2-2

Standards-aligned

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Jennifer Conroy-Schwartz

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7 Slides • 12 Questions

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Warm Up

What are the 3 remaining action| Reaction  force pairs in this picture of Joel Embiid and another player? (One has been done as an example)

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Multiple Choice

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Why don’t the forces cancel each other out?

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They are acting on the same object

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They are acting on the different objects

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They are equal in magnitude

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They are opposite in direction

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Multiple Choice

Which free-body diagram best represents how the action-reaction force pairs work?

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Turn to page 15 and add your answers to the following questions to this page.

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Multiple Choice

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In the water rocket, which interaction causes the rocket to move

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Water and the ground

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Water and the bottle

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Bottle and the ground

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Drag and Drop

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The action force is the bottle pushes on the ​
. The reaction force is the water pushes on the ​
Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above
water
bottle
ground

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Multiple Choice

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Why does the rocket move?

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The water pushes the rocket

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The rocket pushes the water

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The water pushes on the ground

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The bottle pushes on the ground

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Multiple Choice

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Compare the forces between the bullet and the rifle.

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The bullet exerts more force than the rifle

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The rifle exerts more force than the bullet

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The forces are equal

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The bullet and rifle do not exert forces on each other

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Multiple Choice

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The acceleration on the recoiling rifle is

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greater than the acceleration of the bullet

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the same size as the acceleration of the

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smaller than the acceleration of the bullet

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Open Ended

Explain your answer to the rifle questions

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Multiple Choice

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A firefly strikes the windshield of a bus. The firefly hit the bus and the bus hits the firefly. Which of the two forces is greater: the force on the firefly or the force on the bus?

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The force on the firefly is greater

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The force on the bus is greater

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Both forces are equal

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It depends on the speed of the bus

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Multiple Choice

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If the bus hit a moose would the force on the bus be the same size as when the bus hit the firefly?

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Yes, they would be the same size

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The firefly force would be larger

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The moose force would be larger.

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What are the 3 remaining action| Reaction  force pairs in this picture of Joel Embiid and another player? (One has been done as an example)

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