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4.3 Review Questions<br />

1. You are playing softball and your friend throws a<br />

ball to you. You catch the ball. The action force is the<br />

impact of the ball against your glove. What is the<br />

reaction force?<br />

2. During a golf swing, is the club impacting on the<br />

ball the action force or the reaction force? Use a<br />

diagram to illustrate your answer.<br />

3. If a soccer player kicks a ball with a force of 100 N,<br />

what is the magnitude of the reaction force?<br />

4. Spiderman is having a tug of war with a grade 2<br />

student. Both are pulling very hard from opposite<br />

ends. Who exerts a greater force on the rope?<br />

Explain your answer.<br />

5. In a demolition derby a Hummer SUV collides<br />

head-on with a SMART car. Which car experiences a<br />

greater impact force? Explain your answer.<br />

6. During a martial arts demonstration, a black belt<br />

uses a karate chop to break a large board with her<br />

hand by exerting a force of 2000 N. What force did<br />

the board exert on her hand?<br />

7. A few years from now after much hard work, you are<br />

an astronaut and are completing a repair of some<br />

solar panels. To do this you have to take space walk<br />

outside the International Space Station. By accident,<br />

you find yourself disconnected from the support<br />

rope and need to get back to the station. All you<br />

have is your tools with you. How can you propel<br />

yourself back to safety?<br />

180 Chapter 4 Newton’s Laws of Motion — DRAFT © <strong>Edvantage</strong> <strong>Interactive</strong> 2011 ISBN 978-0-9864778-3-6

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