Mission NL12: Newton's Third Law

Mission NL12 pertains to Newton's third law  and associated concepts. The mission consists of 40 questions organized into 10 Question Groups. You must answer one question from each Question Group to complete the mission. The learning outcomes for this mission are ...
 

Learning Outcomes

• The student should be able to identify action-reaction force pairs for any physical situation.
• The student should be able to compare the magnitudes of action-reaction force pairs and describe the effect (and the non-effect) of action-reaction force pairs on the two interacting objects.

 

Launch Mission NL12

 

Getting Help

If you are not familiar with this topic, then you should first learn about the topic using our written Tutorial or our Video Tutorial:
 

The Physics Classroom, Newton's Laws Unit, Lesson 4, Part a

The Physics Classroom, Newton's Laws Unit, Lesson 4, Part b
 

• If given an action force, then how does one determine the reaction force?
• What action-reaction force pair propels a fish through water?
• What action-reaction force pair helps a bird to fly through air?
• How do the magnitude of the forces in an action-reaction force pair compare to each other?
• How do the accelerations which result from action-reaction force pairs compare for the two objects involved in the interaction?

 

Video Tutorials:

Newton's Third Law

 

Interaction Force Pairs

 

 

Question-Specific Help

Each Question Group has its own Help page with information specific to the question. You can access the Help page from within the mission by tapping on the Help Me! icon (textbook). For your convenience, links to those pages are provided below: