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Sir Isaac newton's first law
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There are two parts to this statement - one that predicts the behavior of stationary objects and the other that predicts the behavior of moving objects.
Sir Isaac newton's first law
By: hannah w.
Newton's first law
Newton's first law of motion sometimes referred to as the law of inertia.
Objects keep on doing what they're doing
it was often started as......
The behavior of all objects can be described by saying that objects tend to "keep on doing what they're doing" (unless acted upon by an unbalanced force). If at rest, they will continue in this same state of rest.
Newton's first law of motion is often stated as,
an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
Suppose that you filled a baking dish to the rim with water and walked around an oval track making an attempt to complete a lap in the least amount of time. The water would have a tendency to spill from the container during specific locations on the track. In general the water spilled when:
- the container was at rest and you attempted to move it
- the container was in motion and you attempted to stop it
- the container was moving in one direction and you attempted to change its direction.
The water spills whenever the state of motion of the container is changed. The water resisted this change in its own state of motion. The water tended to "keep on doing what it was doing." The container was moved from rest to a high speed at the starting line; the water remained at rest and spilled onto the table.