Newton's First Law of

Motion

Law of Inertia

Miha Lee
 Newton's First Law of Motion

• Every object in a state of uniform

motion tends to remain in that state
of motion unless an unbalanced
force is applied to it.
• An object at rest
• An object in motion
An Object at Rest
 An Object in Motion
• Galileo's thought experiment I
 An Object in Motion
• Galileo's thought experiment II
 Frictional force
• Friction is the force that acts on a moving
object to slow it down and bring it to sto
p.
• Question 1: Evaluate the following asserti
on.
If there is no frictional force on the road,
cars can move without consumption of en
ergy by the Newton’s first law of motion.
So we can save energy.
 An Object in Motion
• A dynamic cart with a brick on it.
• Get it moving and stopped.
• Tape the brick to the cart.
• Get it moving and stopped again.
• Seat belts protect us from being hurt
by keeping us tied to the vehicle.
An Object in Motion
 Inertia
• The resistance an object has to a
change in its state of motion.
• Question 2: What does the
magnitude of inertial force depend
on?

• F = ma
m: inertial mass
 Application to everyday life
• Opening a bottle
• Removing dusts from cloths
• Seat belts
• Seismometer
 Seat Belt
• Seat belts can
exert forces to
cause passengers
to slow down at
the same rate as
the vehicle.
• Question 3: How
does a seat belt
exert force on us?
The principle of retractors