Examples of Newton's Laws of Motion

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

• Newton's 1st Law of Motion (Inertia)

• Newton's 2nd Law of Motion F=ma

• Newton's 3rd Law of Motion (Action/Reaction)

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

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

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When you are riding in a car and the car suddenly stops, your body continues to go forward.

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

After you start up you go kart, as you give it more gas, it goes faster.

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

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A pitched baseball goes faster than one that is thrown gently.

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

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

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

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As an ice skater pushes harder with leg muscles, the ice skater begins to move faster.

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

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Rocky, age 12, and Parker, age 20, skip pebbles on the pond. The pebbles Parker throw go farther and faster than Rocky's.

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

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When you paddle a canoe, the canoe goes forward.

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

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A child is pulling a sled and stops. The sled kept moving and hit the child.

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

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