Newtons+first+law

Sir Isaac Newton's first law of motion states that **//e //** **//very object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it//**. More simply put, objects tend to stay at rest, or stay in motion unless some outside force acts upon them. For example, say there is a soccer ball sitting in the middle of a soccer field. that soccer ball is never going to move itself, and willstay sitting there for all eternity unless something elso moves it. so, now if a foot (the outside force acting upon the ball) comes along and kickes that soccer ball it is set in motion. once that ball is kicked, it, theoretically would continue to travel at the same rate in the same direction forever on and on into outer space. the reason that this does not occur when you kick a ball, is that more forces begin to act upon it from the moment you kick it. These include gravity, which pulls it down to earth, and air resistance which slows the ball down. this combination will cause the ball to fall to earth. - drew

Newton’s First Law of Motion: An object at rest will remain at rest and an object in    motion will continue in motion with a constant velocity (constant speed in a straight line) unless it experiences a net external force. Tasha

The variety of ways by which motion can be //described// was discussed. The ways in which motion can be //explained// will be discussed. Isaac Newton (a 17th century scientist) put forth a variety of laws which explain why objects move (or don't move) as they do. These three laws have become known as Newton's three laws of motion. The focus of Lesson 1 is Newton's first law of motion - sometimes referred to as the **law of inertia**. Newton's first law of motion is often stated as An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced forces. There are two parts to this statement - one which predicts the behavior of stationary objects and the other which predicts the behavior of moving objects. The two parts are summarized in the following diagram. The behavior of all objects can be described by saying that objects tend to "keep on doing what they're doing". If at rest, they will continue in this same state of rest. If in motion with an eastward velocity of 5 m/s, they will continue in this same state of motion (5 m/s, East). If in motion with a leftward velocity of 2 m/s, they will continue in this same state of motion (2 m/s, left). The state of motion of an object is maintained as long as the object is __not__ acted upon by an unbalanced force. All objects resist changes in their state of motion - they tend to "keep on doing what they're doing."
 * Newton's First Law**

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How is this a example of Newton's First law media type="custom" key="2055788" This video clip demonstrates Newtons First Law of Motion because it proves that an object at motion will stay at motion and an object at rest will stay at rest.(law of inertia.) This video in particular, illustrates a man pulling a cloth with plates on top of it. As the man pulls the sheet the plates remain on the table, without falling unto the ground. The object's inertia, the tendency for an object not to change its motion, keeps the plates in its initial position. -Precious