Inertia

Newton's first law of motion is also called the law of.....

• moments

• momentum

• inertia

• floatation

Which of the following has the least inertia?

• A toy car

• A real car

• A table

• A chair

Inertia is the tendency of an object to __________ any change in its original state

• favour

• oppose

• emphasis

• regulate

When a car moving with a constant speed suddenly stops, the driver in the car continues to _________ due to ________

• be in the state of rest, inertia

• move in the direction of the motion of the car, inertia

• move in the direction that is opposite the motion of the car, the balanced force

• be in the state of rest, the balanced force

When a car suddenly moves from its state of rest, the driver in the car ……………….. due to ………………...

• remains in the state of rest, inertia

• moves in the direction of the motion of the car, the balanced force

• moves in the direction opposite the motion of the car, the balanced force

• moves in the direction opposite the motion of the car, inertia

In the coin and tumbler experiment, the ……………….. does not act on the ……………….. therefore, it does not move away with the ……………….. due to inertia

• unbalanced force, coin, tumbler

• balanced force, coin, tumbler

• unbalanced force, coin, card

• balanced force, card, coin

A rolling ball stops after sometime because of the …………….. which acts as the ……………….. force.

• friction, unbalanced

• inertia, balanced

• friction, balanced

• inertia, unbalanced

A moving ball does not stop or change its direction of motion on its own due to ………………...

• friction

• inertia

• gravitation

• an unbalanced force

According to Newton’s first law of motion, an object at rest will continue to be in a state of rest unless acted upon by ………………...

• a balanced force

• inertia

• gravitation

• an unbalanced force