Forces and 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
• None of them

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

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

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

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

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An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force. An object in motion continues in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

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Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a mass. The greater the mass (of the object being accelerated) the greater the amount of force needed (to accelerate the object).

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

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This law is often called "the law of inertia."

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

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The swimmer moves her hand down and to the left and her body goes forward to the right.

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

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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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push or pull acting on an object

• speed
• force
• position
• mass

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