Newton's Third Law of Motion Practice

Newton's Third Law States...

• Objects in motion stay in motion and objects at rest stay at rest
• Force is equal to mass times acceleration
• For each action there is an equal and opposite reaction

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An archer shoots an arrow. The action force is the bowstring against the arrow, the reaction force is...

• Air resistance against the bow
• the arrow's push against the bowstring
• the grip of the archer's hand on the bow

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A rocket pushes exhaust 10, 000 N. Without any other forces acting on the rocket, how much force does the rocket go forward?

• 15,000 N
• 1,000 N
• 10, 000 N

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What is the reaction force to a foot pushing down on the floor?

• The foot going through the floor
• The floor pushing back against the foot
• The floor breaking to the foot

If you apply MORE force to the ground what happens to the ground pushing on you?

• The force remains the same

• The force increases

• The force decreases

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In the image, what force is acting on arrow A?

• friction
• gravity
• push
• Jedi force

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Newton’s law states that for every action, there is an ________ reaction.

• unequal and opposite

• equal and similar

• stronger and opposite

• equal and opposite

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When a small car pushes a big truck, the truck applies an equal and opposite force on the car.

• False

• True

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How is this an example of Newton’s Third law?

• Only the ball is using the head

• They are both exerting an equal force on each other

• Only the head is pushing the ball

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Force always come in________

• waves

• triplets

• pairs

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