Newton's Laws

A frog leaping upward off his lily pad is pulled downward by gravity and lands on another lily pad instead of continuing on in a straight line. Which law does this represent?

• First Law
• Second Law
• Third Law

As the fuel in a rocket ignites, the force of gas expansion and explosion pushes out of the rocket and pushes the rocket forward. Which law does this represent?

• First Law
• Second Law
• Third Law

When you are standing up in a subway train, and suddenly, the train stops, your body continues to go forward. Which law does this represent?

• First Law
• Second Law
• Third Law

After you start up your motorbike, as you give it more gas, it goes faster. Which law does this represent?

• First Law
• Second Law
• Third Law

A pitched baseball goes faster than one that is gently thrown. Which law does this represent?

• First Law
• Second Law
• Third Law

A swimmer pushes water back with her arms, but her body moves forward. Which law does this represent?

• First Law
• Second Law
• Third Law

As an ice skater pushes harder with his leg muscles, he begins to move faster. Which law does this represent?

• First Law
• Second Law
• Third Law

When Bobby, age 5, and his dad are skipping pebbles on the pond, the pebbles that Bobby's dad throws go farther and faster than his. Which law does this represent?

• First Law
• Second Law
• Third Law

When you paddle a canoe, it goes forward. Which Law does this represent?

• First Law
• Second Law
• Third Law

A little girl who has been pulling a sled behind her in the snow is crying because when she stopped to tie her hat on, the sled kept moving and hit her in the back of the legs. Which law does this represent?

• First Law
• Second Law
• Third Law