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How does dropping an object in a moving vehicle demonstrate the law of inertia?
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∙ 13y ago
The act of dropping an object in a moving vehicle demonstrates the law of inertia due to the fact that the object does not go flying to the back of your car. This is because the object holds the same velocity as the car. How this can be proven is you can take a penny and speed up just as you drop the coin, the penny should shift backwards from your point of reference. If you slow down just the opposite will happen, the coin will shift forward. If you take a right turn the coin will seem to move to the left and vice versa. Inertia is the tendency of an object to move according to Newton's First Law of Motion as demonstrated in these examples. Archimedes had thought that if you toss and object in the air while in motion it should fall to the same spot it was thrown directly up; the name he have to this motion was natural motion but what more could you expect from a philosopher rather than a physicist.
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inertia
Does an object with potential energy have inertia?
If the object is at least slightly resistant to changes in its motion (which is at rest), then yes, it has inertia.
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The Law of Inertia.
How will you demonstrate that particles of matter are moving?
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List some examples of inertia of rest?
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Inertia keeps your vehicle moving until a force slows it down like?
applying the brake
Inertia can be categorized as?
Resting Inertia and Moving Inertia
How does inertia affect a person not wearing a seat belt?
As inertia is a tendency to do nothing, not wearing a seat belt (in a stationary vehicle?) will have little affect. Only if the vehicle is moving and suddenly stop, does wearing a seat belt become essential.
Why are the passengers in a turning vehicle thrust toward one side?
inertia (an object in motion wants to keep moving in that direction)
Which has a greater interia a speeding car or jet airplane sitting on a runway?
A vehicle in motion will have inertia - one which isn't moving will not.
What is a inertia?
There is no "A inertia." Its just inertia and inertia is the measure of an objects to stay at rest or to keep moving.
What are components of inertia?
Inertia is the tendency of a moving object to remain moving. I am not aware of any "components".
An example of inertia that you could demonstrate?
Imagine that you are standing inside a stationary bus. Suddenly the bus starts moving and you fall backwards. This is due to the inertia of your body. When the bus was at rest, you were also at rest. When the bus started moving, your legs went with the floor of the bus due to friction. But the upper part of your body tends to continue in its state of rest (inertia of rest). As a result you fall backwards.
How is a car affected by inertia if it's moving?
A moving object tend to stay in motion-law of inertia.
What cause object to move?
An external FORCE that overcomes FRICTION and INERTIA.
Does inertia include all collisions?
If something is moving and has ANY mass it has inertia.
