Newton's Laws Pre-test

A person’s body is thrown outward as a car rounds a curve on a highway.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

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
• None of them

Pushing a child on a swing is easier than pushing an adult on the same swing, because the adult has more inertia.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

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Rockets are launched into space using jet propulsion where exhaust accelerates out from the rocket and the rocket accelerates in an opposite direction.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

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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 inertia.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

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A picture is hanging on a wall and does not move.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

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

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

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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.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of them

The swimmer moves her hand down and to the left and her body goes forward to the right.

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

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