Physics GCSE
inertia
What inertia means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: AQA
The tendency of objects to continue in their state of rest or of uniform motion.
A measure of how difficult it is to change the velocity of an object.
Topics that use inertia
- Newton's First Law (AQA GCSE)
- Newton's laws (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- balanced forces
- constant velocity
- Inertial mass
- Resultant force
- changing direction
- Circular motion
- Directly Proportional
- Distance along the line of action of the force
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