Newton's Laws Webquest Quiz

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

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 Action/Reaction

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 Action-Reaction

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.

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

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

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

• Law of Inertia

• Law of Acceleration

• Law of Action-Reaction

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.

• Law of Inertia

• Law of Acceleration

• Law of Action/Reaction

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