EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Given this perspective, and borrowing from Kepler, Newton attributed the term “inertia” to mean “the innate force possessed by an object which resists changes in motion"; thus, Newton defined “inertia” to mean the cause of the phenomenon, rather than the phenomenon itself.

Detailed explanation-2: -First Law/Inertia: The tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion varies with mass. Mass is that quantity that is solely dependent upon the inertia of an object. The more inertia that an object has, the more mass that it has.

Detailed explanation-3: -The law of inertia was first formulated by Galileo Galilei for horizontal motion on Earth and was later generalized by René Descartes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Newton’s first law of motion states that a body at rest remains at rest, or, if in motion, remains in motion at a constant velocity unless acted on by a net external force. This is also known as the law of inertia.

Detailed explanation-5: -Resistance to change in the state of motion or rest of a body is called inertia. It is proportional to the mass of the body.