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When you jump on the ground the earth exerts a greater force back up on you because it's so massive true or false answer fast plz

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When you jump on the ground, the earth exerts a great force back up on you because it is massive.

False

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False.

Step-by-step explanation:

Newton's third law of motion states that:

" when an object A exerts a force on object B, object B exerts a force of equal magnitude and opposite direction on object A"

In this problem, we can imagine you to be object A and the Earth object B. Based on Newton's third law, we can say that the force you exerts on the Earth is equal in magnitude to the force the Earth exerts on you, so the statement in the question is false.

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