Newton's Laws of Motion

A magician pulls a tablecloth out from under dishes and glasses on a table without disturbing them.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law

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A person not paying attention while skateboarding hits a rock. The skateboard stops...they don't.

• The Law of Inertia
• The Law of Acceleration
• The Law of Conservation of Momentum

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

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law

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Newton's 1st law is often called the _______.

• Newton's 2nd law
• action-reaction law
• law of equality
• law of inertia

What is Newton's First Law

• F=ma
• Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
• An object at rest stays at rest, an object in motion stays in motion. 
• Friction 

Which law explains why when you put a book on a table the table pushes on the book

• 3rd law
• 4th law
• 1st law
• 2nd law

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An object at rest will remain at rest, and an object in motion will remain in motion unless

• acted upon by an unbalanced force
• Propelled into space
• Sold
• Built up by the sound of thunder

A person's body is thrown outward as a car rounds a curve on a highway.

• First Law
• Second Law
• Third Law

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

• First Law
• Second Law
• Third Law

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A picture hanging on a wall and does not move.

• First Law
• Second Law
• Third Law

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