Newton's 3rd law of Motion: Science Page

 

Action: Glove push, object A, to the right on the man's face guard

Reaction: the man's face guard, object B, pushes back to the left with an equal and opposite force.

Defend America

Action: the man's foot, object A, applies a force on the ball to the left

Reaction: the ball, object B, pushes back on the man's foot to the left with an equal and opposite force

Warsaw- Poland

Action: the man, object A, push down on the ball

Reaction: the ball, object B, applies an equal and opposite force on the man's hand

Bucharest- Romania

Action: the man, object A, in the red pulls down on the man in the blue

Reaction: the man, object B, in the blue pulls back up with an equal and opposite force

U.S. Deparment of Defense

Science paragraph

Sir Isaac Newton was a famous scientist and mathematician. He was born in 1642 and died in 1727. Isaac Newton attended the University of Cambridge at age nine-teen. After receiving his education he made many scientific discoveries. The most famous of these discoveries was Newton's 3rd law of motion, which were the first major accomplishment involving physics. Sir Isaac Newton’s work is still used today, and we owe most of our knowledge of physics to him.

Sir Isaac Newton’s 3rd law states, “That with every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This means that when you push on an object with an amount of force the object pushes back with an equal amount of force. These two forces are called action and reaction forces. This can be explained in interaction pairs, like the one’s above, that show the action force, someone ore something pushing or pulling something, and the reaction force, the object pulling or push back on the first object. Another way Newton's law is stated is, “When object A hits or makes contact with object B, object B pushes back with an equal and opposite force on object A.” That way of explaining Newton’s 3rd law tells more about interaction pairs and is easier to understand. Newton’s 3rd Law has been very important in furthering our knowledge of physics.