Consider the situations below. Which of these is the BEST example of Newton's 1st Law (inertia)? (1 point)

Responses

A bird takes flight from the ground.
A bird takes flight from the ground.

A tennis player throws the tennis ball into the air for a serve and the ball falls to the ground.
A tennis player throws the tennis ball into the air for a serve and the ball falls to the ground.

Tom uses a cane to walk across the road.
Tom uses a cane to walk across the road.

You go down a steep hill in a sled and it feels like your stomach is going up into y

1 answer

The BEST example of Newton's 1st Law (inertia) from the situations provided is:

A tennis player throws the tennis ball into the air for a serve and the ball falls to the ground.

This situation illustrates inertia because it demonstrates how the ball continues in motion until acted upon by an external force (gravity), which eventually causes it to fall back down.