Question

1. use the word - bank, cause - and - effect words and phrases, and your two modeling tool diagrams, if they are helpful. word bank: force, exert, velocity, cause, effect. cause - and - effect words and phrases: if...then, because, as a result, this led to, when, therefore, next. claim 1: firing the thrusters would have caused the pod to move in the opposite direction if____

Explanation:

The task is to complete the statement about the cause - and - effect relationship of firing thrusters and the pod's movement using the given word bank and cause - and - effect words. According to Newton's third law, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Firing thrusters exerts a force.

Answer:

If a force is exerted by firing the thrusters, then according to Newton's third law, the pod would move in the opposite direction.