2006-06-26 10:02:20 · 8 answers · asked by justin t 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Mass is kind of like the object's inherent inertia. The inertia it would have regardless of its location and even if it were standing still.
An object's inertia is it's resistance to change. Different things besides mass can affect an object's inertia. For example, it's position can affect inertia, especially when talking about rotational motion. An object located at a 1 meter wheel's rim has more inertia than an object located at the wheel's hub (lots more, in fact, since moment of inertia is equal to mass times the square of it's distance from the rotational axis).
2006-06-26 13:32:54 · answer #1 · answered by Bob G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Inertia is the tendency of massive objects to resist changes in velocity (=acceleration). In order to effect an acceleration on an object you must apply a force to it. This was originally expressed in Newton's Principia Mathematica Philosphae Naturalis.
2006-06-26 17:08:28 · answer #2 · answered by poorcocoboiboi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Inertia is an objects natural resistance to being accelerated. There are two kinds of acceleration, linear and angular. Whe shall only discuss here linear acceleration. The fundamental equation relatiing force and acceleratioj is :
F=ma
where F is forcre, m is mass, and a is acceleration, say meters per second square.
2006-06-26 17:47:03 · answer #3 · answered by Pavi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Newton's first law: Inertia
An object at rest will remain at rest unless some unbalanced force causes it to do otherwise.
The more massive an object is, the more inertia it has.
2006-06-26 17:09:59 · answer #4 · answered by fenx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if memory serves correct the law of inertia states that a object in motion will contiu so uless iterfered by an outside force and a object not moving will remain still unless moved by an outside force.
2006-06-26 17:08:20 · answer #5 · answered by jitterbugjims 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
inertia is intrinsic property of the mass objects
2006-07-03 06:32:01 · answer #6 · answered by IT 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We all have our own inertia that we co-exist with and we call it our own inertia to keep ourselves up
2006-07-03 03:45:22 · answer #7 · answered by 22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anything with a mass has inertia.
Inertia is mass's resistance to change in velocity. Bear in mind that velocity is a vector, with a value (speed) and a direction. So, it will resist a change in its speed and/or a change in its direction.
2006-06-26 17:07:16 · answer #8 · answered by bequalming 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋