1. 3rd Law Questions Action and reaction forces comprise the parts of
A single interaction
Two interactions

2. 3rd Law Questions
A player catches a ball. Consider the action force to be the impact of the ball against the player’s glove. The reaction to this force is the
player’s grip on the glove
Force the glove exerts on the ball
Friction of the ground against the player’s shoes
Muscular effort in the player’s arms
None of these

3. 3rd Law Questions
Earth pulls on the moon. Similarly the moon pulls on the Earth, evidence that the
Earth and moon are simply pulling on each other.
Earth’s and moon’s pulls comprise an action-reaction pair.
Both of these
Neither of these.

4. 3rd Law Questions
4. A player hits a ball with a bat. The action force is the impact of the bat against the ball. The reaction to this force is the
Air resistance on the ball
Weight of the ball
Force of the ball against the bat
Grip of the player’s hand against the ball
None of these

5. 3rd Law Questions
5. A baseball player bats a ball with a force of 1000 N. The ball exerts a reaction force against the bat of
Less than 1000 N
More than 1000 N
1000 N

6. 3rd Law Questions
6. A person is attracted toward the center of the Earth by a 500-N gravitational force. The force of attraction of the Earth toward the person is
very, very small
Very, very large
500 N

7. 3rd Law Questions
7. The attraction of a person’s body toward the Earth is called weight. The reaction to this force is
The person’s body pushing against the Earth’s surface
Earth’s surface pushing against the person’s body
The person’s body pulling on the Earth
None of these

8. 3rd Law Questions
8. The force exerted on the tires of a car to directly accelerate it along a road is exerted by the
Engine
Tires
Air
Road
None of these

9. 3rd Law Questions
9. A horse exerts 500 N of force on a heavy wagon. The wagon pulls back on the horse with an equal force. The wagon still accelerates because
These forces are not an action-reaction pair
Nevertheless there is still an unbalanced force on the wagon
The horse pulls on the wagon a brief time before the wagon reacts
Unlike the horse, it is not alive

10. 3rd Law Questions
10. A karate chop delivers a blow of 3000 N to a board that breaks. The force that acts on the hand during this event is actually
Less than 3000 N
3000 N
More than 3000 N
There is really no way to say for sure