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An object that is IN motion tends to remain that way. Check out Newton's laws of thermodynamics. Basically, he postulated that things moving tend to keep moving, things stationary tend to stay stationary, and left to themselves, most thing degrade into chaos. This might sound silly, but you have to examine the statement a bit more. It's 'outside' forces, like gravity, friction, etc that act on objects to alter their movement or lack thereof. If you can imagine, for example a large glass bowl that has a vacuum inside it, and somehow, you could negate the force of gravity and friction as well. If you set a top spinning in the bowl, it would continue to spin forever - no friction to slow it down, no gravity to cause it to tip over, no air to cause drag, etc etc.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoNewton's first law of motion states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion.
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∙ 14y agoI believe that it is inertia.
THE TENDANCY OF AN OF JECT TO KEEP MOVING UNTILL AN EQUAL or unbalanced force is applied inertia
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∙ 11y agoThe tendency of an object to maintain its state of motion is called inertia. This tendency was first described mathematically by Isaac newton.
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∙ 14y agoInertia is the tendency of an object to maintain its state of motion.
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∙ 14y agoThis depends on the momentum of the object, which is the product of mass and the velocity of that object. The more the momentum the more tendency the object has to remain in motion.
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∙ 10y agoAn object in motion tends to stay in motion. An object at rest tends to remain at rest
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∙ 11y agoThat is called inertia.
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∙ 12y agoinertia
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What is the tendency of a moving object to continue moving in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in a place called?
inertia
How does gravity keep the earth in orbit around the sun?
Sun's gravitational pull keeps the earth in an elliptical orbit around it.If there would be no gravitational pull of sun on earth than the earth would start moving in a straight line at an angle of 90 degree like a tangent to a circle.
A red shift in the spectrum of the light from an object indicates the object is moving where?
away from the observer.
Moving an object to Jupiter would change its?
Weight.
Line or course on which an object is moving?
Trajectory
What is the tendency of a moving object to keep moving in a straight line?
It is called inertia.
What measures an object's tendency to remain at rest or keep moving?
inertia
How can you use the word inter in a sentence?
Interia is the tendency of a moving object to keep a moving in a straight line
What is the ability to stay at rest or to keep moving?
INERTIA. This is not an 'ability', but rather a PROPERTY of Matter.- Newtons First Law, "inertia", the propety of matter defined by a still object's tendency to stay at rest, and a moving object's tendency to keep moving at the same velocity.
What is inertia of rest and inertia of motion?
Intertia is the tendency of an object to maintain its velocity: if an object is at rest, it has the tendency to remain at rest; if it is moving, the tendency is to keep moving with the same velocity. That is what happens if no forces act on the object; if forces act on the object, including gravitation, friction, and others, its velocity will change.
Tendency for a stationary object to remain at rest or for a moving object to continue moving?
ammonia....'_'
What is the tendency called of a moving object to continue moving in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in place?
Inertia
Why does it make more energy to stop a moving ball than the energy required to keep it moving?
The natural tendency of a moving object is to keep moving. And it doesn't really require energy to stop it; in fact, in theory, you can gain energy from it. What is required is a force.
What tendency of moving matter to keep moving in the same direction?
inertia
What is the tendency of a moving object when no forces act on it?
To keep moving in a straight line. This is rather hard to show because the gravitational pull of the Earth is hard to escape without a rocket.
How do planets in the solar system keep moving?
An object has a general tendency to keep moving - that's how our Universe works. No force is required to keep an object moving - unless there is another force that slows it down. Here on Earth, there are usually frictional forces that slow objects down, and therefore a force is required to counteract the frictional forces.
What are components of inertia?
Inertia is the tendency of a moving object to remain moving. I am not aware of any "components".
