Newton's Third Law and Collisions

Grade 645 minutes6-MS-PS2-1 Apply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.

Learning Objective

I can use Newton's Third Law to design a way to solve a problem involving two objects hitting each other.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 11 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. State Newton's Third Law in your own words.

2. Explain what the "equal" and "opposite" parts of Newton's Third Law refer to when describing forces.

3. Give an example of two objects interacting where Newton's Third Law applies. Identify the action and reaction forces.

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