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Random Trivia
100

This vocab word describes a mutual action between one thing and another

What is an interaction?

100

When you walk on a floor, this pushes you along?

What is the floor?

100

When a cannon is fired, are the forces on the cannonball and on the cannon equal in magnitude?

The forces are equal

100

When can two kicks on a soccer ball produce a net force of zero on the ball

When both kicks are simultaneous, equal magnitude, and opposite in direction

100

James Bond's codename

What is 007?

200

The initial force in an interaction

What is the action force?

200

When one object exerts a force on a second object, the second object exerts an equal force in the opposite direction of the first

What is Newton's Third Law?

200

When a cannon is fired, are the accelerations on the cannonball and on the cannon equal?

The accelerations are unequal

200

Why don't the forces inside of a baseball accelerate baseball?

The forces are contained within the baseball's system

200

The body's largest organ

What is the skin?

300

The second responding force during an interaction

What is the reaction force?

300
Consider hitting a baseball with a bat... If we call the force the bat exerts against the ball the action force, identify the reaction force

What is the baseball hitting the bat?

300

When a cannon is fired, why do the cannonball and cannon have very different accelerations?

Equal forces on unequal masses produce unequal acceleration

300

If you hit a wall with a force of 200 N, how much force does the wall exert on you?

200 N

300

This is the name for a group of flamingos

What is a flamboyance?

400

Can an action force exist without a reaction force?

No

400

If a bat hits a ball with 1000 N of force, can the ball exert less than 1000 N of force on the bat? More than 1000 N of force?

No... The forces would be the same

400

Identify the force that propels a rocket

Exhaust gases push down on the ground and the air, resulting in a reaction force propelling the rocket

400

Can you physically touch another person without that person touching you with the same magnitude of force?

No... Touching is an interaction between two bodies

400

The distance from Earth to the Sun

What is 93 million miles?

500

When a hammer exerts a force on a nail, how does this amount of force compare with that of the nail on the hammer?

The forces are the same

500

If the world pulls you downward against your chair, what is the reaction force?

The chair pushing back on you

500

How does a helicopter get its lifting force?

Helicopter blades push the air downward, resulting in a reaction force that pushes the helicopter upwards

500

Newton's first law is often called the law of _______; Newton's second law highlights the concepts of force, mass, and ____________; and Newton's third law is the law of ______ and ________

What is inertia, acceleration, action, and reaction?

500

This is the largest country in the world

What is Russia?