Chapter 3.4 - 3.6 Newton's First Law of Motion - Inertia

Chapter 3: Newton's First Law of Motion (3.4 - 3.6)

SC.912.N.1.2  
Describe and explain what characterizes science and its methods.
LAFS.1112.RST.2.4
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 11–12 texts and topics.
SC.912.P.12.3  
Interpret and apply Newton's three laws of motion.

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In class reading of 3.4 - 3.6

1. Define the following Key Terms: friction, inertia, Newton's first law, law of inertia, kilograms, mass, weight, newton
2. Provide an example of Newton's first law for objects at rest and explain why the law applies to your example.
3. Provide an example of Newton's first law for objects in motion and explain why the law applies to your example.
4. Predict what would happen to the paths of the planets if the sun were to suddenly disappear.
5. Relate mass and inertia.
6. Create an example that shows mass is not volume.
7. Create an example that shows mass is not weight.
8. Does a 2 kg bunch of bananas have twice the inertia as a 1 kg loaf of bread? Twice as much mass? Twice as much volume? Twice as much weight, when weighed in the same location?
9. Use the law of inertia to explain why a bird can successfully catch a worm when it drops straight down out of a tree.

PROBLEM SET: Pages 41-45 #s 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

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