Newton's First Law of Motion

Question 1

What is the first law of motion also known as?

Answer 1

Law of Inertia

Question 2

What is an example of an object that has more inertia?

Answer 2

Bowling ball and Hammer

Question 3

When traveling in a car and turning to the right, which way does your body go and why?

Answer 3

If the car is turning right you would move to the left or the opposite direction. This is due to inertia because your body is still moving forward in the original straight-line path.

Question 4

An object that IS NOT MOVING, or is at … will stay at ….

Answer 4

rest and rest

Question 5

AND an object that is MOVING will keep moving with constant …… which means at the same …. in the same …. UNLESS an ….. force acts on that object.

Answer 5

Velocity, speed, direction, and outside.

Question 6

What is inertia?

Answer 6

Inertia is the matter’s resistance to change in motion.

Question 7

What property of an object determines how much inertia it has?

Hint: The property of an object that determines…

Answer 7

The property of an object that determines how much inertia it has is mass and velocity.