Inertia

Inertia

Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist changes in its motion. It is a fundamental concept in physics, described in Newton’s First Law of Motion: an object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an external force. Inertia explains why m...

How easy is it for your body to keep moving and bump into your friend when the school bus stops suddenly? That’s inertia.

Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist changes in its motion.

If something is resting, it stays at rest. If something moves, it keeps moving with the same speed and in the same direction until a force acts...