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If a body is in motion, some force, of necessity, acted upon it to get it moving in the first place. However, if no furtherforces are acting upon it, including, for example, friction, gravity or solar radiation as with an object traveling through space, for example, the object would tend to continue on its path, unaltered, ad infinitum.

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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.


Name some forces that act upon a moving object?

Some forces that can act upon a moving object include friction, air resistance, gravity, and applied forces like pushing or pulling. These forces can affect the speed, direction, and motion of the object.


What is the tendecy of moving object when no forces act on it?

Inertia


When balanced forces act on a moving object the motion of the object will stay the same?

Yes.


What is the effect of balance forces on an object that is not moving?

A group of balanced forces adds vectorially to zero, so has no effect on any object, whether it's moving or not moving.


How force act on an object?

If forces on an object are unbalanced, the object will accelerate or decelerate. If forces on an object are balanced, the object will stay still or keep moving with the same velocity.


What forces can make an object stop moving?

Friction, air resistance, and opposing forces like gravity can all act on an object to make it stop moving. These forces create resistance against the object's motion, eventually bringing it to a halt.


What will happen to an object moving at a constant speed if no outside forces act on it?

It's not necessary to specify that the object is moving at a constant speed. Any object with no outside forces acting on it does that. It also continues moving in a straight line.


What are the condition for an object to keep moving at constant velocity?

No resultant forces act upon it


Do balanced forces change an objects motion?

No, balanced forces do not change an object's motion. When balanced forces act on an object, the object will either remain at rest or continue moving at a constant velocity.


When the balanced forces act on an object that is moving the object will?

When the entire group of forces acting on an object is balanced, the object's motion is 'uniform' ... its speed is constant and it moves in a straight line. If its speed is changing or its path is not straight, that's called "acceleration", and it means that the group of forces acting on the object is not balanced.


Can balanced forces act on moving object?

Sure. If all of the forces on an object are balanced, then the object continues moving in a straight line at constant speed. All of the forces on an airplane cruising in level flight, or on a car on cruise-control on a straight piece of road, are balanced.