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For each statement below, indicate which of Newtons Three Laws the statement represents. When riding the bumper cars at the fair, you bump into your friend and your car bounces backwards. A ball is rolling straight across the floor until Bradley kicks it A bowling ball and a baseball both roll across your foot at the same speed. The bowling ball hurts much more. Your car breaks down. As your friends help you push it, it begins to move and speed up. A fireman turns on his hose and is knocked backwards. A soccer ball will not move until a player kicks it. F=ma.
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Here’s the classification of each statement according to Newton's Three Laws of Motion:
1. **When riding the bumper cars at the fair, you bump into your friend and your car bounces backwards.**
- **Newton's Third Law:** For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
2. **A ball is rolling straight across the floor until Bradley kicks it.**
- **Newton's First Law:** An object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an external force (in this case, the kick).
3. **A bowling ball and a baseball both roll across your foot at the same speed. The bowling ball hurts much more.**
- **Newton's Second Law:** The larger mass (bowling ball) applies more force due to its greater mass, demonstrating how mass affects the force of impact (F = ma).
4. **Your car breaks down. As your friends help you push it, it begins to move and speed up.**
- **Newton's Second Law:** The car accelerates due to the applied force from your friends pushing it (F = ma).
5. **A fireman turns on his hose and is knocked backwards.**
- **Newton's Third Law:** The action of the water being expelled from the hose causes an equal and opposite reaction that pushes the fireman backwards.
6. **A soccer ball will not move until a player kicks it.**
- **Newton's First Law:** The soccer ball remains at rest until an external force (the kick) acts upon it.
7. **F = ma.**
- **Newton's Second Law:** This is the mathematical expression of Newton's Second Law, which relates force (F) to mass (m) and acceleration (a).
In summary:
- **Newton's First Law:** Statements 2, 6
- **Newton's Second Law:** Statements 3, 4, 7
- **Newton's Third Law:** Statements 1, 5
1. **When riding the bumper cars at the fair, you bump into your friend and your car bounces backwards.**
- **Newton's Third Law:** For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
2. **A ball is rolling straight across the floor until Bradley kicks it.**
- **Newton's First Law:** An object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an external force (in this case, the kick).
3. **A bowling ball and a baseball both roll across your foot at the same speed. The bowling ball hurts much more.**
- **Newton's Second Law:** The larger mass (bowling ball) applies more force due to its greater mass, demonstrating how mass affects the force of impact (F = ma).
4. **Your car breaks down. As your friends help you push it, it begins to move and speed up.**
- **Newton's Second Law:** The car accelerates due to the applied force from your friends pushing it (F = ma).
5. **A fireman turns on his hose and is knocked backwards.**
- **Newton's Third Law:** The action of the water being expelled from the hose causes an equal and opposite reaction that pushes the fireman backwards.
6. **A soccer ball will not move until a player kicks it.**
- **Newton's First Law:** The soccer ball remains at rest until an external force (the kick) acts upon it.
7. **F = ma.**
- **Newton's Second Law:** This is the mathematical expression of Newton's Second Law, which relates force (F) to mass (m) and acceleration (a).
In summary:
- **Newton's First Law:** Statements 2, 6
- **Newton's Second Law:** Statements 3, 4, 7
- **Newton's Third Law:** Statements 1, 5
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