Question

Every time your cat’s paw hits her toy string, it swings away from her. How does this demonstrate Newton’s third law of motion?Objects with mass, such as your cat’s paw and toy string, will require inertia.Objects in action, such as the string toy, will experience force.For every motion from your cat’s paw, there is unbalanced inertia from the string.For every action your cat makes, there is an equal and opposite reaction from the string.

Answer 1

Correct answer: "For every action your cat makes, there is an equal and opposite reaction from the string."

Brief explanation: When the cat’s paw hits the string it exerts a force on the string; the string exerts an equal and opposite force on the paw. Those paired forces cause the string to swing away while the paw feels the reaction (and may recoil). This is Newton’s third law.