Newton's Laws

A person’s body is thrown outward as a car rounds a curve on a highway.

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• None of them

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

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

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A picture is hanging on a wall and does not move.

• 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 mass.

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

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

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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.

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

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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Which law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction?

• 1st Law

• 2nd Law

• 3rd Law

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Which law states that the acceleration of an object depends on the force exerted on it and its mass?

• 1st Law

• 2nd Law

• 3rd Law

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