Newton's 3rd Law

Learning Targets

• Define force as a part of an interaction.

• Interpret and apply Newton's third law of motion.

• Describe how to identify a pair of action-reaction forces.

• Explain why an action force is not canceled by a reaction force.

• Use Newton's second law to determine the effect of interacting objects.

• Use a free-body diagram to show forces acting on a system consisting of a pair of interacting objects.

Printable Learning Targets

Textbook Pages: 72 - 73, 80, 82 - 83

Reading Essentials Pages: 45 - 47