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kath102245
Can anyone out there give me some examples of Newtons 1st law?
~Kathleen
~Kathleen
Originally posted by Zimm
More seriously though, take the rock and tie some string to it, go away from anything you don't want broken and swing the rock around in an arc, feel the rock pull at your hand? that's you supplying a force so that the rock travels in a curve instead of a straight line...now watch the rock carefully becuase you're going to release it and watch it fly, not out away from your hand but perpendicular to the curve where you let it go, and it goes in a straight line.
Newton's 1st Law, also known as the Law of Inertia, states that an object at rest will remain at rest and an object in motion will remain in motion at a constant speed and in a straight line unless acted upon by an external force.
Some common examples of Newton's 1st Law include a book sitting on a table (rest), a car coasting on a flat road (motion), and a ball rolling on a level surface without any external forces acting on it.
Newton's 1st Law explains why objects stay still or keep moving until a force is applied to them. For example, when riding a bike, you will continue moving forward until you apply the brakes to slow down or stop.
Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion. In Newton's 1st Law, inertia is the reason why objects remain at rest or in motion unless acted upon by an external force.
Newton's 1st Law deals with the concept of inertia, while the other two laws (2nd and 3rd) focus on the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration. Additionally, Newton's 1st Law applies to objects in a state of rest or constant motion, while the other two laws apply to objects experiencing changes in motion.