TEK REVIEW Newton's Laws Sort

Master Newton's Laws of Motion with our fun sorting worksheet!

Move each scenario to which of Newton's Laws it most closely matches. Newton's First You are riding to school with your Mom and drinking hot chocolate from a mug. Your Mom slams on the breaks and your hot chocolate spills in your lap. The lamp on your desk has been in the same position since you left for school this morning. A hubcap come off a car wheel and continues to roll way from the car in a strait line even though the car is going around a curve. You notice that the puddle in the school parking lot does not have any ripples until someone stepped into it. Newton's Second The offensive line of the football team are the heavier than the receivers. You can throw a baseball further than you can throw a softball. A bunt in baseball means to hit the ball with not much force so the ball does not go very far. You hit a small rock with your bike and don't fall off, but later you hit a large tree root and fly over the handle bars. At the skating rink you notice that you have to push off more often if you want to go faster. Newton's Third A vinegar bottle rocket ejects a spray of foam as it rises in the air. At your swim meet you kick your legs to move forward in the water but you also splash water out of the pool. You and a friend decide to try out the sumo suits at a carnival. You and your friend run at each other as fast as you can, when you hit each other, both of you fall over backwards onto the mat. When you went to summer camp, you got to try log rolling for the first time. After you got the hang of it, you notice that when you walk forward the floating log rolls backwards. While standing on your skateboard you push on a nearby wall to get started moving. What is the defining characteristic that lets you know that a scenario is Newton's first law? What is the defining characteristic that lets you know that a scenario is Newton's second law? What is the defining characteristic that lets you know that a scenario is Newton's third law?