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Newton’s Third Law

Newton’s Third Law. For every action there is an equal but opposite reaction…. Jump without pushing your feet against the floor. Newton’s third law states that for every action there is always an equal , but opposite reaction.

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Newton’s Third Law

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  1. Newton’s Third Law For every action there is an equal but opposite reaction…

  2. Jump without pushing your feet against the floor.

  3. Newton’s third law states that for every action there is always an equal, but oppositereaction.

  4. This means that when you push on an object, it pushesback on you with equal force.

  5. Observe the person pushing the ball in the picture.

  6. The person is pushing on the ball, but the ball is pushing back on the person.

  7. The reaction is NOT the ball moving forward (The ball moving forward is cause and effect)

  8. Action: person pushing ballReaction: ball pushes back on person

  9. See if you can identify the opposite reaction in each of the pictures! Draw arrows to show the direction of the action and opposite reaction.

  10. Fist hits wall. a. wall hits fist

  11. Head bumps ball. b. ball bumps head

  12. Hand touches globe. c. globe touches hand

  13. Boy kicks ball. d. ball kicks boy

  14. Athlete pushes bar up. e. bar pushes down on athlete

  15. Ball hits bat. f. bat hits ball

  16. Windshield hits bug. g. bug hits windshield

  17. Finger touches nose. h. nose touches finger

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