AP Physics Inertia

Inertia is the tendency of matter to resist a change in _____.

• velocity

• position

• mass

• color

Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist _____.

• acceleration

• velocity

• position

• none of these is correct

Is there any known difference between inertial mass and gravitational mass other than how they are measured?

• No

• Yes

the tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion

• acceleration
• inertia
• mass
• frame of reference

True of False?
An object's inertia is effected by its mass.

• False
• True

What is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion?

• coffee
• motion
• inertia
• gravity

If you increase the mass on an object, its acceleration

• decreases
• stays the same
• also increases
• stops

Objects with greater _________ also have greater inertia.

• speed
• mass
• temperature
• friction

Newton's 1st law is also called....

• friction 
• inertia
• unbalanced forces
• Newtons

Because of inertia, a moving object will keep ________.

• at rest
• moving
• in one spot
• inertia