Newton's 3rd Law Quiz

A student kicks a soccer ball. According to Newton's 3rd law, what is the "reaction" in this situation

• The soccer ball flies off into the air

• You can hear the soccer ball being kicked

• The soccer ball exerts a force back on the student's foot

• Other students chase after the soccer ball

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A student drops a basketball onto the floor. According to Newton's 3rd law, why does the ball bounce?

• The student dropped the ball

• The earth pulls the ball down

• The ball presses down on the floor

• The floor presses up on the ball

A soccer ball breaks through a window. How does the force on the window compare with the force on the ball?

• The ball experiences a greater force

• The window experiences a greater force

• The window and ball experiences forces equal in magnitude

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A bug hits into the windshield of a car. How do the forces on the bug and windshield compare?

• The force on the bug is greater

• The force on the windshield is greater

• The forces on the bug and windshield are equal in magnitude.

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If a bug hitting into the windshield of a car is the "action," what is the reaction?

• The car experiences an equal strength force from the bug

• The bug goes SPLAT

• The driver panics and needs to clean the windshield

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The moon orbits the Earth. How do the forces on the moon and earth compare?

• The moon experiences a greater force than the earth

• The moon experiences a lesser force than the earth

• The forces on the moon and earth are equal in strength

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Which of the following choices identifies a 3rd law pair of forces? Check two.

• A car pulls a trailer along the road and the trailer pulls back on the car.

• A skydiver is pulled downward by the earth and the parachute acts upward on the skydiver.

• You hit a volleyball with your hand, and the volleyball pushes back on your hand.

• A fish is pulled from the water on a line and the earth pulls the fish downward.

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Which of the following is true about this free-body diagram?

• the forces are are balanced

• the object is free-falling

• the object is moving upward

• the forces are unbalanced

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Use the picture as reference. If the force of the girl pushing is 30N, and the force of the boy who is also pushing is 30N, what is the net force?

• 0N

• 60N

• 900N

• 1N

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What is the net force?

• 20 N 
• 0 N 
• 400 N 
• 40 N 

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