Inertia

Newton’s First Law

Bahidi, Samer
Cabuga, Catherine .
Dela Cerna, Kristyl

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Newton's First Law

What
does t
hat
mean?
It means that…
An object in motion
wants to stay in
motion, and an object
at rest wants to stay
at rest.

This is also called

INERTIA
What is inertia?

Inertia is a word we use when we talk about

matter and movement. It basically applies Sir
Issac Newton's first two laws of physics:

1. An object at rest tends to stay at rest.

2. An object in motion tends to stay in

motion.

Inertia is the quality in that lets it stay still if it

is still, or keeps it moving if it is moving.
 FORCE
The cause of motion (what causes objects to move)
The car is at rest, and it is going to stay at rest

until a force gives it a push.

Now that is moving, it will continue to move
until another force stops it.

Friction
The best place to test inertia is in Space, why?

In outer space there is

no air, or anything
else to create friction.
So moving objects
will keep moving
forever, and objects
that aren't moving will
stand still forever.
 Mass & Inertia
 Mass = the amount of matter in an object.
 The more MASS an object has, the more INERTIA the
object has.
 Bigger objects are harder to start & stop

 is the measure of Inertia

m = mass; F = force; a = acceleration
m = F/a
F = m(a)
a = F/m
Always wear your seatbelt!
•The crash dummy is not wearing a seat belt
and is moving along with the car.

•Both the car and the dummy are moving at,

say 60 mph. 

•When the car hits the cement road divider, it is

stopped (an outside force stops it from
moving). 

•The crash dummy, however is not so lucky. 

Since he is not wearing a seat belt and is not
connected to the car, he will continue to move
at 60 mph.  This means he will go flying out
through the front windshield.

•The dummy will fly through the air until he hits

the ground. 

•Thisis because the earth's gravity stopped

him from moving any further. 

•Ifthis collision had happened in zero-gravity,

in a vacuum, the dummy would theoretically
keep on hurtling away from the car at 60 mph.
EXAMPLES
 1.) In a moving car, you tend to move forward
when a sudden break is applied.

2.) If a stopped car is hit by a moving car from

behind, the passengers inside may experience
whiplash as a result of the body moving
forward but the head lagging behind. The head
is experiencing inertia.

3.) Men in space find it more difficult to stop

moving because of a lack of gravity acting
against them.

Friction
 4.) Inertia of rest is an object staying where it is
placed and it will stay there until you or
something else moves it.

5.) When pedaling a bicycle, if you stop

pedaling it, the bicycle continues to move
forward until friction or gravity slows it down.

6.) When you stir coffee or tea and stop, the

swirling motion continues due to inertia.

Friction