Newton's First Law

Newton's 1st Law is also called the Law of ...

• Friction

• Inertia

• Unbalanced forces

• Newtons

An object in motion tends to stay in motion unless an ___ force acts on it.

• unbalanced
• balanced

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The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion is...

• inertia
• kinetic energy
• vector
• net force

Objects with greater _________ also have greater inertia.

• speed
• mass
• temperature
• friction

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The law of inertia (Newton’s First Law) applies

• to both moving and nonmoving objects
• only to moving objects
• only to objects that are not moving

What kind(s) of objects have inertia?

• all objects with mass
• only objects at rest
• only objects in motion
• only objects whose motion is being changed

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Galileo found that a ball rolling down one inclined plane would roll how far up another inclined plane? 

• The ball would not rull up the other plane at all. 
• to nearly the original height
• to nearly twice the original height. 
• to nearly half it original height

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An object following a straight-line path at a constant speed 

• has zero acceleration
• has no forces acting on it
• has a net force acting in the direction of motion
• none of these

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If a hockey puck slides on a frictionless force it will eventually slow down because of its inertia.

• True
• False

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Why is the net force 0 in the image?

• Because the elephants are the same size
• Because they are both pulling the same amount of force in opposite directions
• Because they are elephants
• Because they are pulling away from each other.

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