Flashcards: Understanding Newton's First Law

Which of these is NOT an example of inertia? 

A child riding a merry-go-round lets go and is thrown off the ride

A passenger is thrown forward when his car collides with a wall

A satellite rotating in outer space will continue to spin at roughly the same rate

A construction worker pushes a metal box and notices it is harder make the box start moving than it is to push it at a constant velocity

The force a hammer exerts on a nail is the same as the force the nail exerts on the hammer

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