1. Newton’s First Law Notes TEKS 8.6C Investigate an describe applications of Newton’s law of inertia

2. Newton’s First Law of Motion… INERTIA

3. If an object is in motion, it will continue moving in the same direction until a force changes its motion.

4. If an object is resting it will stay resting.

5. Inertia is an object’s resistance to a change in motion.

6. Some objects have more of a tendency to resist change than others.

7. It takes more force to change an objects motion if it has a large mass.

8. It takes less force to change the motion of an object with a lower mass.

9. Mass is the amount of matter in an object…

10. … and a measure of an object’s tendency to keep doing what it is doing which is called inertia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b-Mogqy1h4

11. What will happen to the skateboarder if he hits the block?

12. He will fly forward!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9COtJBBzhk

13. How does Newton’s first law apply here?