First Law
What is Newtons first Law also called?
What is the law of inertia.
If you push a light shopping cart and a heavy shopping cart with the same strength, which one will move faster?
What is the light shopping cart.
What law states for every action there is an equal opposite reaction?
What is Newtons Third Law.
Forces that are equal and keep an objects still or moving the same way?
What is balanced force.
What law of motion is inertia a part of?
What is Newtons First Law.
According to Newtons First Law, what happens to an object that is at rest if no force acts on it?
what is it will stay at rest.
Why is it harder to push a full suitcase than an empty one?
What is the full backpack has more mass, so it needs more force to accelerate.
Why does a rocket go up?
What is the gas pushes down, and the rocket goes up.
Forces that are not equal and make an object move or change direction.
What is unbalanced force.
If a soccer ball is sitting still, why doesn't it move until you kick it?
What is inertia.
If a soccer ball is rolling on the ground why does it eventually stop?
What is friction.
A soccer player kicks a ball lightly, and then kicks it harder. What happens to the ball in each case?
What is with a light kick, the ball moves slowly. With a harder kick, the ball speeds up more quickly.
What happens when you push on a wall?
What is the wall pushes back.
If two kids push a swing with the same force from opposite sides, what happens?
What is stay at rest.
The tendency of an object resist a change in motion.
What is inertia.
What does inertia mean?
What is objects resist changes to their motion.
If two people push on sleds with the same strength, but one sled is heavier than the other, which sled will move more slowly?
What is the heavier sled.
How do birds fly?
What is they push air down, and the air pushes them up.
How can you tell if forces are unbalanced?
What is the object changes direction or speed.
Why do heavier objects have more inertia than lighter ones?
What is they resist changes in motion more.
A book is lying on a table. Why doesn't it move by itself?
What is no unbalanced force is acting on it.
Why do smaller cars usually speed up more quickly than large trucks when the same amount of force is used?
What is the smaller car has less mass.
Why does a boat move back when you jump off it?
What is you push forward, the boat pushes back
Give an everyday example of unbalanced forces?
What is a skateboard speeding up when you push it, a person kicking a soccer ball.
Why do you move forward when a car suddenly stops?
What is your body wants to keep moving forward due to inertia.