Let’s recall!
•Net force
•Mass
•Friction
Relate you experiences.
 Suppose the jeepney that you are
riding suddenly stops, what
happens to you?
 Or suppose the jeepney which is
initially at rest suddenly moves
forward, what will be your
reaction?
Let’s investigate!
Inertia
• Objectives
1. Understand inertia
2. Illustrate inertia
3. Understand Newton's laws of motion.
Inertia
• Materials
Balls of various sizes, glass, coins,
sheet of paper, straw
Inertia
• Activity 1 - Place the glass on the
table. Cover the glass with a sheet
of paper. Place a coin on the
cover. Snatch the paper cover off
the glass. Observe what happens
to the coin.
Inertia
Inertia
• Activity 2 - Put a ball in motion
and try to blow it off of its path
with a straw.
• Repeat this activity using balls of
various masses. Which ball was
the hardest to move off of the
straight path?
Analysis:
1) How does glass and coin activity
help prove the first law of motion?
2) Which ball was the hardest to
move off of the straight path?
3) Does inertia increase with mass?
4) Conclusion.
Newton’s Contributions
• Calculus
• Light is composed of
rainbow colors
• Reflecting Telescope
• Laws of Motion
• Theory of Gravitation
Newton’s First Law
(law of inertia)
An object at rest tends to stay at rest and
an object in motion tends to stay in
motion unless acted upon by an
unbalanced force.
Balanced Force
Equal forces in opposite
directions produce no motion
Unbalanced Forces
Unequal opposing forces
produce an unbalanced force
causing motion
It means that…
An object in motion
wants to stay in
motion, and an object
at rest wants to stay at
rest.
This is also called
INERTIA
If objects in motion tend to stay in motion,
why don’t moving objects keep moving
forever?
Things don’t keep moving forever because
there’s almost always an unbalanced force
acting upon them.
A book sliding across a table slows
down and stops because of the force
of friction.
If you throw a ball upwards it will
eventually slow down and fall
because of the force of gravity.
Newton’s First Law
(law of inertia)
• MASS is the measure of the
amount of matter in an object.
• It is measured in Kilograms
Newton’s First Law
(law of inertia)
• INERTIA is a property of an
object that describes how
______________________ the
motion of the object
• more _____ means more ____
much it will resist change to
mass inertia
1st
Law
• Unless acted
upon by an
unbalanced
force, this golf
ball would sit
on the tee
forever.
• There are four main types of friction:
– Sliding friction: ice skating
– Rolling friction: bowling
– Fluid friction (air or liquid): air or water
resistance
– Static friction: initial friction when moving an
object
What is this unbalanced force that acts on anWhat is this unbalanced force that acts on an
object in motion?object in motion?
1st
Law
• Once airborne,
unless acted on
by an
unbalanced force
(gravity and air –
fluid friction) it
would never
stop!
The car is at rest, and it is going to stay at rest
until a force gives it a push.
Now that is moving, it will continue to move
until another force stops it.
Friction
The best place to test inertia is in Space, why?
In outer space there
is no air, or
anything else to
create friction. So
moving objects will
keep moving forever,
and objects that
aren't moving will
stand still forever.
Inertia
Always wear your seatbelt!
•The crash dummy is not wearing a seat belt
and is moving along with the car.
•Both the car and the dummy are moving at,
say 60 mph.
•When the car hits the cement road divider,
it is stopped (an outside force stops it
from moving).
•The crash dummy, however is not so lucky.
Since he is not wearing a seat belt and is
not connected to the car, he will continue
to move at 60 mph. This means he will go
flying out through the front windshield.
•The dummy will fly through the air until
he hits the ground.
•This is because the earth's gravity
stopped him from moving any further.
•If this collision had happened in zero-
gravity, in a vacuum, the dummy would
theoretically keep on hurtling away from
the car at 60 mph.
Another Example
• The person is standing
on the floor.
• The only forces acting
on the person are the
force due to gravity
pulling down & the
normal force pushing
up. The net force is
zero and the person
remains still.
Some Problems
An astronaut in
outer space
away from
gravitational or
frictional
forces throws a
rock. The rock
will…..
And now the answer
…continue to move in a
straight line at a
constant speed.
The rock’s tendency to do
this is called INERTIA.
A rock is being
whirled at the
end of a string in
a clockwise
direction. If the
string breaks,
the path of the
rock is
It will follow an “inertial
path” so it will follow path
“C”. Once the rock leaves
the string, there are no
unbalanced forces to affect
its motion.
A Weighty Problem
I spend most
Sunday afternoons
at rest on the sofa,
watching football
and consuming large
quantities of food.
What effect (if any)
does this practice
have upon my
inertia? Explain.
My inertia will most
definitely increase.
My mass will
increase because of
this practice and if
mass increases, then
inertia increases.
Is a force required?
If you were in a
weightless
environment in
space, would it
require a force
to set an object
in motion?
Yes, because even in
outer space, an object
has mass. If an object
has mass then the
object is going to resist
changes in its motion.
A force must be applied
to set the object in
motion. Newton’s Laws
rule—Everywhere!
A Final Problem
Why isn't the
girl hurt when
the nail is
driven into
the block of
wood?
And the answer is….
• Due to the large mass of the
books, the force of the hammer
is sufficiently resisted (inertia).
• This is demonstrated by the fact
that the blow of the hammer is
not felt by the girl.
Synthesis:
• State the law of inertia.
• What is inertia? How is
inertia related to mass?
Assignment:
A. In your ½ crosswise, explain in not less than
3 sentences, how each one is considered a
manifestation of Newton’s first law of motion.
1. when riding on a descending elevator that
suddenly stopped, the blood rushes from your
head to your feet
2. to tighten the head of a hammer onto the
wooden handle, you ram the bottom of the
handle against a hard surface
Assignment:
B. by group: Bring the following
materials on June 30, Thursday.
•toy cart/car
•1 pc. manila paper
•2 m-long string/yarn
•pentel pen
•stone inside the small plastic bag
Newton’s Second Law
Force equals
mass times
acceleration.
F = ma
Newton’s Second Law
• Force = Mass x Acceleration
• Force is measured in Newtons
ACCELERATION of GRAVITY(Earth) = 9.8 m/s2
• Weight (force) = mass x gravity (Earth)
Moon’s gravity is 1/6 of the
Earth’sIf you weigh 420 Newtons on earth,
what will you weigh on the Moon?
70 Newtons
If your mass is 41.5Kg on Earth
what is your mass on the Moon?
Newton’s Second Law
• WEIGHT is a measure of the
force of ________ on the
mass of an object
• measured in __________
gravity
Newtons
Newton’s Second Law
One rock weighs 5 Newtons.
The other rock weighs 0.5
Newtons. How much more
force will be required to
accelerate the first rock
at the same rate as the
second rock?
Ten times as much
Newton’s Third Law
For every action there is an equal and
opposite reaction.
Newton’s 3rd
Law
• For every action there is an equal and
opposite reaction.
Book to
earth
Table to
book
Think about it . . .
What happens if you are standing on a
skateboard or a slippery floor and push against
a wall? You slide in the opposite direction
(away from the wall), because you pushed on
the wall but the wall pushed back on you with
equal and opposite force.
Why does it hurt so much when you stub
your toe? When your toe exerts a force on a
rock, the rock exerts an equal force back on
your toe. The harder you hit your toe against
it, the more force the rock exerts back on
your toe (and the more your toe hurts).
Newton’s Third Law
• A bug with a mass of
5 grams flies into the
windshield of a
moving 1000kg bus.
• Which will have the
most force?
• The bug on the bus
• The bus on the bug
Newton’s Third Law
• The force would be
the same.
• Force (bug)= m x A
• Force (bus)= M x a
Think I look bad?
You should see
the other guy!
Action: earth pulls on you
Reaction: you pull on earth
Action and Reaction on Different Masses
Consider you and the earth
Action: tire pushes on road
Reaction: road pushes on tire
Action: rocket pushes on gases
Reaction: gases push on rocket
Consider hitting a baseball with a bat. If
we call the force applied to the ball by the
bat the action force, identify the reaction
force.
(a) the force applied to the bat by the hands
(b) the force applied to the bat by the ball
(c) the force the ball carries with it in flight
(d) the centrifugal force in the swing
(b) the force applied to the bat by the ball
Newton’s 3rd
Law
• Suppose you are taking a space
walk near the space shuttle, and
your safety line breaks. How
would you get back to the shuttle?
Newton’s 3rd
Law
• The thing to do would be to take one of the tools
from your tool belt and throw it is hard as you
can directly away from the shuttle. Then, with
the help of Newton's second and third laws, you
will accelerate back towards the shuttle. As you
throw the tool, you push against it, causing it to
accelerate. At the same time, by Newton's third
law, the tool is pushing back against you in the
opposite direction, which causes you to
accelerate back towards the shuttle, as desired.
What Laws are represented?
Review
Newton’s First Law:
Objects in motion tend to stay in motion
and objects at rest tend to stay at rest
unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
Newton’s Second Law:
Force equals mass times acceleration
(F = ma).
Newton’s Third Law:
For every action there is an equal and
opposite reaction.
1st
law: Homer is large and
has much mass, therefore he
has much inertia. Friction
and gravity oppose his
motion.
2nd
law: Homer’s mass x
9.8 m/s/s equals his
weight, which is a force.
3rd
law: Homer pushes
against the ground and it
pushes back.

Law of inertia

  • 1.
  • 2.
    Relate you experiences. Suppose the jeepney that you are riding suddenly stops, what happens to you?  Or suppose the jeepney which is initially at rest suddenly moves forward, what will be your reaction?
  • 3.
  • 4.
    Inertia • Objectives 1. Understandinertia 2. Illustrate inertia 3. Understand Newton's laws of motion.
  • 5.
    Inertia • Materials Balls ofvarious sizes, glass, coins, sheet of paper, straw
  • 6.
    Inertia • Activity 1- Place the glass on the table. Cover the glass with a sheet of paper. Place a coin on the cover. Snatch the paper cover off the glass. Observe what happens to the coin.
  • 7.
  • 8.
    Inertia • Activity 2- Put a ball in motion and try to blow it off of its path with a straw. • Repeat this activity using balls of various masses. Which ball was the hardest to move off of the straight path?
  • 9.
    Analysis: 1) How doesglass and coin activity help prove the first law of motion? 2) Which ball was the hardest to move off of the straight path? 3) Does inertia increase with mass? 4) Conclusion.
  • 11.
    Newton’s Contributions • Calculus •Light is composed of rainbow colors • Reflecting Telescope • Laws of Motion • Theory of Gravitation
  • 12.
    Newton’s First Law (lawof inertia) An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
  • 13.
    Balanced Force Equal forcesin opposite directions produce no motion
  • 15.
    Unbalanced Forces Unequal opposingforces produce an unbalanced force causing motion
  • 16.
    It means that… Anobject in motion wants to stay in motion, and an object at rest wants to stay at rest. This is also called INERTIA
  • 17.
    If objects inmotion tend to stay in motion, why don’t moving objects keep moving forever? Things don’t keep moving forever because there’s almost always an unbalanced force acting upon them. A book sliding across a table slows down and stops because of the force of friction. If you throw a ball upwards it will eventually slow down and fall because of the force of gravity.
  • 18.
    Newton’s First Law (lawof inertia) • MASS is the measure of the amount of matter in an object. • It is measured in Kilograms
  • 19.
    Newton’s First Law (lawof inertia) • INERTIA is a property of an object that describes how ______________________ the motion of the object • more _____ means more ____ much it will resist change to mass inertia
  • 20.
    1st Law • Unless acted uponby an unbalanced force, this golf ball would sit on the tee forever.
  • 21.
    • There arefour main types of friction: – Sliding friction: ice skating – Rolling friction: bowling – Fluid friction (air or liquid): air or water resistance – Static friction: initial friction when moving an object What is this unbalanced force that acts on anWhat is this unbalanced force that acts on an object in motion?object in motion?
  • 22.
    1st Law • Once airborne, unlessacted on by an unbalanced force (gravity and air – fluid friction) it would never stop!
  • 23.
    The car isat rest, and it is going to stay at rest until a force gives it a push.
  • 24.
    Now that ismoving, it will continue to move until another force stops it. Friction
  • 25.
    The best placeto test inertia is in Space, why? In outer space there is no air, or anything else to create friction. So moving objects will keep moving forever, and objects that aren't moving will stand still forever.
  • 26.
  • 27.
    Always wear yourseatbelt! •The crash dummy is not wearing a seat belt and is moving along with the car. •Both the car and the dummy are moving at, say 60 mph. •When the car hits the cement road divider, it is stopped (an outside force stops it from moving). •The crash dummy, however is not so lucky. Since he is not wearing a seat belt and is not connected to the car, he will continue to move at 60 mph. This means he will go flying out through the front windshield. •The dummy will fly through the air until he hits the ground. •This is because the earth's gravity stopped him from moving any further. •If this collision had happened in zero- gravity, in a vacuum, the dummy would theoretically keep on hurtling away from the car at 60 mph.
  • 28.
    Another Example • Theperson is standing on the floor. • The only forces acting on the person are the force due to gravity pulling down & the normal force pushing up. The net force is zero and the person remains still.
  • 29.
    Some Problems An astronautin outer space away from gravitational or frictional forces throws a rock. The rock will…..
  • 30.
    And now theanswer …continue to move in a straight line at a constant speed. The rock’s tendency to do this is called INERTIA.
  • 31.
    A rock isbeing whirled at the end of a string in a clockwise direction. If the string breaks, the path of the rock is
  • 32.
    It will followan “inertial path” so it will follow path “C”. Once the rock leaves the string, there are no unbalanced forces to affect its motion.
  • 33.
    A Weighty Problem Ispend most Sunday afternoons at rest on the sofa, watching football and consuming large quantities of food. What effect (if any) does this practice have upon my inertia? Explain. My inertia will most definitely increase. My mass will increase because of this practice and if mass increases, then inertia increases.
  • 34.
    Is a forcerequired? If you were in a weightless environment in space, would it require a force to set an object in motion? Yes, because even in outer space, an object has mass. If an object has mass then the object is going to resist changes in its motion. A force must be applied to set the object in motion. Newton’s Laws rule—Everywhere!
  • 35.
    A Final Problem Whyisn't the girl hurt when the nail is driven into the block of wood?
  • 36.
    And the answeris…. • Due to the large mass of the books, the force of the hammer is sufficiently resisted (inertia). • This is demonstrated by the fact that the blow of the hammer is not felt by the girl.
  • 37.
    Synthesis: • State thelaw of inertia. • What is inertia? How is inertia related to mass?
  • 38.
    Assignment: A. In your½ crosswise, explain in not less than 3 sentences, how each one is considered a manifestation of Newton’s first law of motion. 1. when riding on a descending elevator that suddenly stopped, the blood rushes from your head to your feet 2. to tighten the head of a hammer onto the wooden handle, you ram the bottom of the handle against a hard surface
  • 39.
    Assignment: B. by group:Bring the following materials on June 30, Thursday. •toy cart/car •1 pc. manila paper •2 m-long string/yarn •pentel pen •stone inside the small plastic bag
  • 40.
    Newton’s Second Law Forceequals mass times acceleration. F = ma
  • 41.
    Newton’s Second Law •Force = Mass x Acceleration • Force is measured in Newtons ACCELERATION of GRAVITY(Earth) = 9.8 m/s2 • Weight (force) = mass x gravity (Earth) Moon’s gravity is 1/6 of the Earth’sIf you weigh 420 Newtons on earth, what will you weigh on the Moon? 70 Newtons If your mass is 41.5Kg on Earth what is your mass on the Moon?
  • 42.
    Newton’s Second Law •WEIGHT is a measure of the force of ________ on the mass of an object • measured in __________ gravity Newtons
  • 43.
    Newton’s Second Law Onerock weighs 5 Newtons. The other rock weighs 0.5 Newtons. How much more force will be required to accelerate the first rock at the same rate as the second rock? Ten times as much
  • 44.
    Newton’s Third Law Forevery action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
  • 45.
    Newton’s 3rd Law • Forevery action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Book to earth Table to book
  • 46.
    Think about it. . . What happens if you are standing on a skateboard or a slippery floor and push against a wall? You slide in the opposite direction (away from the wall), because you pushed on the wall but the wall pushed back on you with equal and opposite force. Why does it hurt so much when you stub your toe? When your toe exerts a force on a rock, the rock exerts an equal force back on your toe. The harder you hit your toe against it, the more force the rock exerts back on your toe (and the more your toe hurts).
  • 47.
    Newton’s Third Law •A bug with a mass of 5 grams flies into the windshield of a moving 1000kg bus. • Which will have the most force? • The bug on the bus • The bus on the bug
  • 48.
    Newton’s Third Law •The force would be the same. • Force (bug)= m x A • Force (bus)= M x a Think I look bad? You should see the other guy!
  • 49.
    Action: earth pullson you Reaction: you pull on earth Action and Reaction on Different Masses Consider you and the earth
  • 50.
    Action: tire pusheson road Reaction: road pushes on tire
  • 51.
    Action: rocket pusheson gases Reaction: gases push on rocket
  • 52.
    Consider hitting abaseball with a bat. If we call the force applied to the ball by the bat the action force, identify the reaction force. (a) the force applied to the bat by the hands (b) the force applied to the bat by the ball (c) the force the ball carries with it in flight (d) the centrifugal force in the swing (b) the force applied to the bat by the ball
  • 53.
    Newton’s 3rd Law • Supposeyou are taking a space walk near the space shuttle, and your safety line breaks. How would you get back to the shuttle?
  • 54.
    Newton’s 3rd Law • Thething to do would be to take one of the tools from your tool belt and throw it is hard as you can directly away from the shuttle. Then, with the help of Newton's second and third laws, you will accelerate back towards the shuttle. As you throw the tool, you push against it, causing it to accelerate. At the same time, by Newton's third law, the tool is pushing back against you in the opposite direction, which causes you to accelerate back towards the shuttle, as desired.
  • 55.
    What Laws arerepresented?
  • 57.
    Review Newton’s First Law: Objectsin motion tend to stay in motion and objects at rest tend to stay at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. Newton’s Second Law: Force equals mass times acceleration (F = ma). Newton’s Third Law: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
  • 58.
    1st law: Homer islarge and has much mass, therefore he has much inertia. Friction and gravity oppose his motion. 2nd law: Homer’s mass x 9.8 m/s/s equals his weight, which is a force. 3rd law: Homer pushes against the ground and it pushes back.