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WorksheetsPhysics Chapter 2: Inertia
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
When a car stops suddenly, your body tends to keep moving ________.
forward
to the right
to the left
backward
In space, a spacecraft with its engines turned off will move with constant speed in the same _____.
direction
inertia
volume
mass
A book will not move by itself because it has _____.
mass
direction
inertia
volume
Imagine a ball rolling down a hill without friction. To measure the moment of inertia, which of the following is NOT a measurement you would need to take (or figure out)?
The mass of the ball.
The radius/diameter of the ball.
The angular acceleration of the ball.
A number that represents how much mass a rotating object has and how it is distributed. An object with more rotational inertia is easier to accelerate.
TRUE
FALSE
More massive objects have more inertia
TRUE
FALSE
Which best describes inertia?
The resistance of motion
The tendency of objects to remain as they are
The resistance of being stationary
The tendency of objects to start moving from a force
As mass increase, inertia (a)
You push on a car and it does not move. What is true about the inertia?
The inertia is changing
There is not inertia because of no movement
The inertia of the car is too great
The law of inertia (Newton’s First Law) applies
only to objects that are not moving
only to moving objects
none
