1 Definition: An object’s tendency to resist a change in motion
2Kid-friendly Definition: The property of matter by which it retains it's state of rest or it's velocity along a straigh line so long that it is not acted upon by an unbalanced force.
3Synonyms: Tame, unexerted, inactive
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Gravity is an unbalanced force acting upon the ball. It will resist change in it's motion when it hits the bottom of the ramp and begins to go up the other ramp.
Non-example: A car turning on an intersection. There is not much resistance in the change of motion.
Remember: Inertia is the first of Isaac Newton's three laws of Force and Motion 1Unknown, Unknown. ScienceSaurus. Wilmington, MA: Roughton Mifflin Company, 2006.
Inertia
1 Definition: An object’s tendency to resist a change in motion
2 Kid-friendly Definition: The property of matter by which it retains it's state of rest or it's velocity along a straigh line so long that it is not acted upon by an unbalanced force.
3 Synonyms: Tame, unexerted, inactive
4
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Non-example: A car turning on an intersection. There is not much resistance in the change of motion.
Remember: Inertia is the first of Isaac Newton's three laws of Force and Motion
1 Unknown, Unknown. ScienceSaurus. Wilmington, MA: Roughton Mifflin Company, 2006.
2 Unknown, Unknown. "dictionary.reference.com." www.Dictionary.com. 2010. www.Ask.com. 3 February, 2010. <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/inertia>.
3 Unknown, Unknown. "Thesaurus.reference.com." Dictionary.com. Unknown. Ask.com. 3 February, 2010. <http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/inertia>.
4 Unknown, Unknown. "Final%20-%20Drawing%201.gif". Physics 105 - How Things Work - Fall 2001. December 15, 2001. <http://rabi.phys.virginia.edu/1050/2001/final_answers.html>. 4 February, 2010.