At the same time the canoe is moving forward with the same amount of force. Which of the Newtons laws would explain whhy for every action there is an opposite and equal reaction

The correct answer is **C. Newton's third law of motion**.

Newton's third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This law explains why forces occur in pairs and why an object moving forward (like a canoe) also pushes back against the fluid it is moving through.