Newton's Third Law of Motion Worksheet
Explore Newton's Third Law of Motion with this worksheet for 7th graders, covering action-reaction pairs and force interactions.
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Newton's Third Law of Motion
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Read each question carefully and provide your best answer. This worksheet focuses on Newton's Third Law of Motion: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
1. What does Newton's Third Law of Motion state?
An object in motion stays in motion.
Force equals mass times acceleration.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Objects at rest stay at rest.
2. When you push against a wall, what is the reaction force?
The wall pushes back on you.
The wall moves away from you.
Your hand feels cold.
Nothing happens.
3. When a rocket expels gas downwards, the force pushes the rocket upwards.
4. According to Newton's Third Law, forces always occur in .
5. Describe an example of Newton's Third Law in everyday life.
6. Explain why a swimmer pushes water backward to move forward.
7. Action and reaction forces cancel each other out because they are equal and opposite.
True
False
8. When you kick a soccer ball, the force you exert on the ball is greater than the force the ball exerts on your foot.
True
False