Question

You hold a rubber ball in your hand. The Newton's third law companion force to the force of gravity on the ball is the force exerted by which object onto what other object? 

(A) ball on the hand 

(B) Earth on the ball 

(C) ball on the Earth 

(D) Earth on your hand 

(E) hand on the ball 

Answer 1

Correct option (C) ball on the Earth

For a Newton’s third law pair, just switch the nouns.