Chapter 5 Review Questions

A bug and a car collide. Which experiences the greater force?

(a) bug

(b) car

(c) neither, they both experience the same magnitude of force

Consider hitting a baseball with a bat. If we call the force applied to the ball by the bat the action force, identify the reaction force.

(a) the force applied to the bat by the hands

(b) the force applied to the bat by the ball

(c) the force the ball carries with it in flight

(d) the centrifugal force in the swing