Question

You dribble a basketball while walking on a basketball court. List and describe at least 3

Answer 1

Answer:

1. You push on the ball and the ball pushes on your hand .

2. The ball hits the ground and the ground pushes back on the ball .

3. You walk on the ground with your feet and the ground pushes back on you.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Walking

2. Pushing the basketball with hand

3. Ball bouncing off the ground

Explanation:

As per Newton's third law of motion every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Looking at the given scenario following are the pairs of action-reaction forces:

1. Walking: When you walk, you apply action and push the ground and the ground pushes you back with the same force.

2. Pushing the basketball with hand: when you push the ball that is action, the ball also applies force on your hand which is the reaction.

3. Ball bouncing off the ground: When ball hits the ground, it applies force i.e. action and the ground pushes it back with the same force which is the reaction.