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Newton's Third Law
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| force | a push or pull that can change the motion of an object |
| force pair | the action and reaction forces that occur simultaneously when a force is applied to an object and equally returned back |
| magnitude | the size or quantity of something |
| direction | a straight path that an object can move along |
| Newton's law of action -reaction | Newton's law stating that for every action force there is an equal and opposite reaction force: Newton's third law of motion |
| action | the way that something causes a change |
| reaction | resistance or force of equal magnitude acting in the opposite direction to an action force |