Newton's Laws

A persons body is thrown outward as a car rounds a curve on a highway.

• Newton's first law
• Newton's second law
• Newton's third law

Rockets are launched into space using jet propulsion where exhaust accelerates out from the rocket and the rocket accelerates in an opposite direction. 

• Newton's first law
• Newton's second law
• Newton's third law

A picture is hanging on a wall and does not move. 

• Newton's first law
• Newton's second law
• Newton's third law

A person not wearing a seatbelt flies through a car window when someone slams on the breaks because the person's body wants to remain in continuous motion even when the car stops. 

• Newton's first law
• Newton's second law
• Newton's third law

Pushing a child on a swing is easier than pushing an adult on the same swing, because the adult has more inertia. 

• Newton's first law
• Newton's second law
• Newton's third law

A soccer ball accelerates more than a bowling ball when thrown with the same force. 

• Newton's first law
• Newton's second law
• Newton's third law

A soccer player kicks a ball with their foot and their toes are left stinging.

• Newton's first law
• Newton's second law
• Newton's third law

A student leaves a pencil on a desk and the pencil stays in the same spot until another student picks it up. 

• Newton's first law
• Newton's second law
• Newton's third law

Two students are in a baseball game. The first student hits a ball very hard and it has a greater acceleration than the second student who bunts the ball lightly. 

• Newton's first law
• Newton's second law
• Newton's third law

This law is also called the "Law of Inertia" 

• Newton's first law
• Newton's second law
• Newton's third law