PHYSICS FORM 4

INERTIA
 OBJECTIVES
• To know the exactly definition of
inertia.
• To analyze the relationship between
inertia and mass.
• To understand the effects of inertia in
daily life experience.
 MENU
• Definition of inertia
• Relationship between mass inertia and
mass.
• Effect of inertia in our daily life
• Quiz
• Reference
Magic or trick !!!
INERTIA
Inertia is the property of matter
that cause it to resist any
change in its motion or state of
rest

resistmenentang/ melawan
How could this HAPPENs ???
If the object is moving….

INERTIA makes the moving object

continue to move at a constant
speed in the same direction unless
some external force changes the
object’s motion
If an object is at rest…

It tends to stay in that position

unless some force puts that
object into motion
Inertia is not physical quantity and
thus it does not have units
The property of inertia is found from
the Newton’s first law of motion
 Newton’s First Law of Motion

"An object at rest tends to stay at rest and

an object in motion the same speed and
in the same direction tends to stay in
motion with unless acted upon by an
unbalanced force"
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
INERTIA AND MASS
• Constant wherever it is
measured
• Base quantity
• Scalar quantity
• The SI unit of mass is
kilogram (kg)
Mass can influence
the effects of
inertia.
An object with a larger
mass has a larger
inertia.

mass inertia
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 If the motorcycle were to abruptly stop, then the rider in
motion would continue in motion. The rider would likely be
propelled from the motorcycle and be hurled into the air.
Once they leave the motorcycle, the rider becomes a
projectile and continues in projectile-like motion. It is
because of inertia.
 Applications of inertia
Some examples of using inertia in our daily life are :

1. The looses head of a hammer

• To tighten the loose head of a hammer, knock one end of
the handle held vertically, on a hard surface.
• The hammer head will continue on its downward motion
• when the handle has been stopped, the top end of the
handle is slotted deeper into the hammer head.
2. The wet fur of cats and dogs.
• Cats and dogs dry their wet fur by shaking their body
vigorously.
• Water droplets on the fur tend to continue in motion when the
body has stopped shaking.
• water droplets will be separated from the fur and fall away
3. To dislodge sticking chili sauce
• Chili sauce in a bottle is poured out by a quick downward
movement of the bottle followed by a sudden stop.
• The sauce in the bottle moves with the bottle during the
downward movement.
• When bottle is stopped, the inertia of the sauce causes it to
continue on its downward movement and thus the sauce is
forced out of the bottle.
4. Passengers in a bus
• Passenger in a bus will lurch backward when a stationary bus
starts to move with forward acceleration.
• The passenger were originally stationary.
• When the bus started to move forward with an acceleration,
the inertia in the passenger made them maintain their original
position.
QUIZ
Question 1

Question 2
Question 3
 ANSWER

When the cardboard covering the

glass is pulled out quickly, what will
happens to the coin?
 When the cardboard covering the
glass is pulled out quickly, the coin
resting on the cardboard drops into
the glass
 What will happen to the
rest of the coins when one
of the coin is moved out
quickly?

ANSWER
 The inertia of the coins
maintains it in its original
position (at horizontal/rest)
even when one of the coin
is moved out quickly
When a student is riding a
bicycle and runs over a
stone, he is thrown forward.
Why does this happen?

ANSWER
THE INERTIA OF THE STUDENT
MAINTAINS HIS FORWARD
MOTION SO THAT HE IS
THROWN FORWARD WHEN
HIS BICYCLE IS MOMENTARILY
STOPPED BY THE STONE
 References
• FOCUS SUPER HOT SPM PHYSICS- S.L
Chang, Koay Kheng Chuan, Yew Kok Leh.
Penerbitan Pelangi Sdn. Bhd.