Newton's Laws

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

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

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

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This person bought coffee and put it on the seat next to them. If they stopped quickly and the coffee spilled which law would that represent?

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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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When two equal forces act in opposite directions on an object, they are called ______________________.

• frictional force

• balanced force

• centripetal force

• gravitational force

When you step on a Lego. You push on the Lego and the Lego pushes back on you.

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

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