Newton's Laws of Motion

A magician pulls a tablecloth out from under dishes and glasses on a table without disturbing them.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law

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A person not paying attention while skateboarding hits a rock. The skateboard stops...they don't.

• The Law of Inertia
• The Law of Acceleration
• The Law of Conservation of Momentum

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Pushing a child on a swing is easier than pushing an adult on the same swing, because the adult has more mass and requires more force to accelerate.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law

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A soccer ball accelerates more than a bowling ball when thrown with the same force.

• Law of Inertia
• Law of Acceleration
• Law of Conservation of Momentum

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A student leaves a pencil on a desk and the pencil stays in the same spot until another student picks it up.

• Law of Inertia
• Law of Acceleration
• Law of Conservation of Momentum

Two students are in a baseball game. The first student hits a ball very hard and it has a greater acceleration than the second student who bunts the ball lightly.

• Law of Inertia
• Law of Acceleration
• Law of Conservation of Momentum

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My cat eyeballs the christmas tree and decides to apply all of his mass directly to the center of the tree. This force causes the tree to accelerate down towards the ground.

• Law of Inertia
• Law of Acceleration
• Law of Conservation of Momentum

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This person bought coffee and put it on the seat next to them. If they stopped quickly and the coffee spilled which law would that represent?

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law

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When you step on a Lego. You push on the Lego and the Lego pushes back on you.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law

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When you punch the wall, the wall exerts the same force on your hand that you punched it with is known as what law?

• Law of Inertia

• Law of Acceleration

• Law of Action Reaction

• Law of UMMMMBLAHHHH

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