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Action - Reaction Principle HTML5

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Summary

Newton's Third law of motion states that:
"For every action there is always an opposite and equal reaction". To enable the rocket to lift off , the action (thrust) from the engine must be greater than the weight of the rocket. The same condition applies to the balloon or Yosemite Sam (Copyright Warner Bros).

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Check action and/or reaction button to display the corresponding force.

Learning goals

  • To illustrate Newton's Third law of motion.
  • To explain how propulsion moves things forward by pushing something out of the back.

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The Law of Action-Reaction is the third of Newton’s Laws of Motion. The others – the Law of Inertia (a body will maintain its state of motion unless acted upon by a net external force) and the…

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