Newtons 1st Law

What is Newton's First Law?

• Acceleration

• Work

• Inertia

• Friction

Answer explanation

An object at rest will stay at rest, and an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force.

People falling forward in a car crash is an example of intertia.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

When the car comes to a sudden stop, it forces the people in the car to fling forward.

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Inertia goes hand in hand with force. Force is a ____ or a ____.

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A water bottle is sitting still on a desk. It will remain____ until moved.

• Floating

• Still

• Moving

Two people are pushing against opposite sides of a table with different forces. What is the result?

• Net Force

• Unbalanced Force

• Balanced Force

• Work

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You throw a boomerang in space. Will it come back?

• Girl bye

• Yes

• No

• Joja Siwa

Answer explanation

When you throw a boomerang in the Earth's atmosphere, the shape of the spinning boomerang makes unbalanced forces and causes it to make an elliptical path and come back down. In space, there is no air resistance, so the boomerang will keep going unless an outside force stops it.