Newtons Third Law of Motion - Science of NFL Football

Newton's Third Law is sometimes called the ___ Law.

• Counteraction

• Action/Reaction

• Stop/Go

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What is Newton's Third Law of Motion?

• An object in motion will stay in motion; an object at rest will stay at rest until acted on by an unbalanced force.

• The more mass an object has, the more force is needed to make the object move.

• For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

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Complete the sentence to show Newton's Third Law. (choose TWO)

A defender pushes on a person while the person pushes ___.

• the same amount

• the same direction

• back

• the ground

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What does the equation p = mv represent?

• inertia

• Law of Acceleration

• momentum

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Which is true about momentum?

• It is equal in size before and after a collision.

• It is greater in size after a collision than before a collision

• It is greater in size before a collision than after a collision.

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Because it has the ___, the last sphere will move away with the same velocity with which the first sphere impacted the middle three spheres.

• lower mass

• same mass

• higher mass

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Some of the energy of a tackle moves from the body to the air, which is why we can hear a football collision.

• True

• False

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The momentum of a collision is the same before and after the moment of impact.

• True

• False

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Newton's Third Law of Motion states that...

• ... for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

• ... for every up, there is a down.

• ... for every smile, there is a frown.

• ... for every cloud, there is a silver lining.

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