Newton's Third Law Questions

According to Newton's third law of motion, for every action, there is an equal and opposite _________.

• force

• motion

• acceleration

• reaction

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True or False: Newton's third law of motion states that the forces two objects exert on each other are always equal in magnitude but opposite in direction.

• False

• Newton's third law of motion is about gravity

• Newton's third law of motion is not related to forces

• True

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When a person jumps off a boat onto the dock, the boat moves in the ________ direction.

• random

• same

• upwards

• opposite

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A rocket launches into space by expelling gases in the ________ direction.

• opposite

• upwards

• random

• same

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When you push a wall, the wall pushes you back with ________ force.

• equal and opposite

• no force

• greater

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True or False: Newton's third law of motion is also known as the law of inertia.

• False

• Newton's first law of motion

• Newton's second law of motion

• True

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When a person jumps off a diving board, the diving board pushes the person ________.

• downwards

• sideways

• nowhere

• upwards

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When a car accelerates forward, the passengers are pushed ________.

• backwards

• nowhere

• upwards

• sideways

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When a person swims, they push the water ________.

• upwards

• backwards

• nowhere

• sideways

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True or False: Newton's third law of motion can be applied to explain the motion of planets around the sun.

• True

• Sometimes

• Only for small planets

• False

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