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Which of Newton's Laws Applies?

Authored by CATHERINE MASON

Physics

6th - 8th Grade

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Which of Newton's Laws Applies?
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When the fireman turns on the fire-hose, he is knocked back.

Newton's 1st Law (Law of Inertia)
Newton's 2nd Law (Law of Force and Acceleration)
Newton's 3rd Law (Law of Action-Reaction)

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Jill crashed her bike into the fence.  She was thrown over it onto the lawn.

Newton's 1st Law (Law of Inertia)
Newton's 2nd Law (Law of Force and Acceleration)
Newton's 3rd Law (Law of Action-Reaction)

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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 1st Law (Law of Inertia)
Newton's 2nd Law (Law of Force and Acceleration)
Newton's 3rd Law (Law of Action-Reaction)

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Newton's 1st Law (Law of Inertia)
Newton's 2nd Law (Law of Force and Acceleration)
Newton's 3rd Law (Law of Action-Reaction)

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A fish swimming through water pushes water backwards with its fins. The water propels the fish forward.

Newton's 1st Law (Law of Inertia)
Newton's 2nd Law (Law of Force and Acceleration)
Newton's 3rd Law (Law of Action-Reaction)

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If you have a hockey puck sliding along a table, it will eventually come to a stop.

Newton's 1st Law (Law of Inertia)
Newton's 2nd Law (Law of Force and Acceleration)
Newton's 3rd Law (Law of Action-Reaction)

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Newton's 1st Law (Law of Inertia)
Newton's 2nd Law (Law of Force and Acceleration)
Newton's 3rd Law (Law of Action-Reaction)

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