Inertia

Front

Inertia is a force

Back

False

Front

Suppose that an astronaut throws a baseball in outer space at a location far from significant influences of gravity and air resistance. One would expect that the baseball would ____.

Back

continue in motion with the same speed and direction

Front

Inertia is a force that keeps stationary objects at rest and moving objects in motion at a constant velocity.

Back

False

Front

The law of inertia (Newton's first law) applies _____.

Back

to both moving and nonmoving objects

Front

A skateboard rolls down a hill, reaches the level surface and eventually comes to a stop. The fact that the skateboard ultimately stops is best explained by ____.

Back

the presence of an unbalanced force (e.g., friction) can cause a moving object to stop

Front

Inertia depends on ______

Back

Mass

Front

All objects have inertia

Back

True

Front

List the objects in order from least to greatest inertia.

Back

CBAD

Front

When the golf ball leaves the rim at the Hole-In-One Putt-Putt Golf Course, which path will it follow: J, K, or I?

Back

K

Front

Mac and Tosh are arguing in the cafeteria. Mac says that if he flings the jello with a greater speed it will have a greater inertia. Tosh argues that inertia does NOT depend upon speed, but rather upon mass. Who is correct?

Back

Tosh