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

• The Law of Inertia (1st law)

• The Law of Acceleration (2nd law)

• The Law of Conservation of Momentum (3rd law)

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

• The Law of Inertia (1st)

• The Law of Acceleration(2nd)

• The Law of Conservation of Momentum (3rd)

I crack an egg on the edge of a bowl. The force applied to the egg is the same as the force applied to the bowl.

• Law of Inertia (1st)

• Law of Acceleration (2nd)

• Law of Conservation of Momentum (3rd)

Pushing a child on a swing is easier than pushing an adult on the same swing, because the adult has more mass and requires more force to accelerate.

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

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

• Law of Inertia (1st)

• Law of Acceleration (2nd)

• Law of Conservation of Momentum (3rd)

A football player kicks the ball through the goal posts with their foot and their toes are left stinging.

• Newton's 1st law

• Newton's 2nd law

• Newton's 3rd 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 1st law

• Newton's 2nd law

• Newton's 3rd 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 1st law

• Newton's 2nd law

• Newton's 3rd law

My cat eyeballs the christmas tree and decides to apply all of his mass directly to the center of the tree. This force causes the tree to accelerate down towards the ground.

• Newton's 1st law

• Newton's 2nd law

• Newton's 3rd law