Newton's Third Law General

Newton's Third Law States...

• Objects in motion stay in motion and objects at rest stay at rest
• Force is equal to mass times acceleration
• For each action there is an equal and opposite reaction

An archer shoots an arrow. The action force is the bowstring against the arrow, the reaction force is...

• Air resistance against the bow
• the arrow's push against the bowstring
• the grip of the archer's hand on the bow

A player throws a ball. The action force is the player impact on the ball. The reaction force is...

• The force of the ball impact on the player
• The force of the grip of the ball
• The celebration the player is thinking of

A player hits a ball with a bat. The action force is the impact of the bat against the ball. The reaction force is...

• The grip of the player's hands on the ball
• the air resistance of the ball
• the force of the ball against the bat

A baseball player bats a ball with a force of 1,000 N. The ball exerts a reaction force (without any additional forces action on it) against the bat of...

• Less than 1, 000 N
• 1,000 N
• More than 1,000 N

A rocket pushes exhaust 10, 000 N. Without any other forces acting on the rocket, how much force does the rocket go forward?

• 15,000 N
• 1,000 N
• 10, 000 N

Force always come in________

• waves

• triplets

• pairs

Newtons law states that for every action, there is an_________ reaction

• unequal and opposite

• stronger and opposite

• equal and similar

• equal and opposite

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

A baseball player hits a ball with 400 N of force. How much force does the ball exert on the bat?

• 300 N

• 400 N

• 500 N

• Not enough info to tell