3.3 Inertia

Inertia is a force

• True

• False

The law of inertia (Newton's first law) applies _____.

• to moving objects only

• only to objects that are not moving

• to both moving and nonmoving objects

Inertia refers to _____

• the tendency of moving objects to remain in motion

• the force which keeps moving objects in motion with a constant velocity

• the force that keeps stationary objects at rest

• the tendency of stationary objects to remain at rest

Inertia depends on ______

• Velocity

• Speed

• Distance

• Mass

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All objects have inertia

• True

• False

More mass = More inertia

• True

• False

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

• acceleration
• inertia
• mass
• frame of reference

push or pull acting on an object

• speed
• force
• position
• mass

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

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

• coffee
• motion
• inertia
• gravity

If you increase the force on an object, its acceleration

• decreases
• stays the same
• also increases
• stops

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