Question

While driving down the road, this tiny hummingbird hit the windshield of a Maria's car. This is a clear case of Newton's third law of motion. The hummingbird hit the car and the car hit the hummingbird. Compare the force on both the hummingbird and the car's windshield (the hummingbird was unharmed).

A) The forces are equal and opposite.
B) The force on the windshield is greater.
C) The force on the hummingbird is greater.
D) The force of the hummingbird is less than that of the windshield.

Answer 1

A) The forces are equal and opposite.

Step-by-step explanation:

We can apply Newton's third law the moment the hummingbird hits Maria's dear. Since the hummingbird crashed into Maria's car and Maria's car crashed into the hummingbird, we have an example of action and reaction of forces.

According to Newton's Third Law, an important feature about the forces of action and reaction is that they occur in pairs, since they are the result of interaction between bodies. According to this law, the forces between the mary car and the hummingbird are in opposite movements, but they hit each other with the same impact and speed. In other words, the forces are equal and opposite.

Answer 2

The correct answer is letter a. the forces are equal and opposite.

A car's windshield has the same force of the car while it is moving, if a humming bird flies towards a moving vehicle without the bird getting hurt, the bird and the car may be considered to have equal yet opposite forces, which left the hummingbird unharmed.