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Use what you know about inertia to explain why you feel pressed back into the seat of a car when it accelerates?
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We know one of the types of inertia: A body at rest tends to stay at rest.
So there you are in the carseat at rest. When the cars zooms forward, your body tends to stay where it was, but the car through the seat pushes you forward. To your brain this is the same feeling as if you pushed back into a soft chair, the the fact is, the "chair" (carseat) is pushing you forward.
well by using inertia aka inactiveness the reason you are beeing pushed into the seat because you are in the seat and your body is not traveling into any direction you are stationary. There for vehicle does the movement and when it does you body want to travel in the opposite direction of it. So braking you go forward, accel backward, left you swing right and right you swing left. Its just how our body is wanting to remain stationary.
When you punch the pedal the vehicle begins to move. You, however, essentially remain at rest until the vehicle "picks you up" and carries you...same thing only backwards for stopping...'An object at rest remains at rest until acted upon by an outside force'...'An object in motion remains in motion until...ditto'.
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12 Use what you know about inertia to explain why you feel pressed back into the seat of a car when it accelerates?
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Why do you feel pressed back into the seat of a car when it accelerates?
Inertia explains the feeling of getting pushed back in your car seat as the car begins to accelerate because as the car accelerates your body want to resist the forward motion the car is 'pulling' you in. Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist motion
Why are you pressed backward against the seat when your car rapidly accelerates?
Inertia explains the feeling of getting pushed back in your car seat as the car begins to accelerate because as the car accelerates your body want to resist the forward motion the car is 'pulling' you in. Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist motion.
When a car hits a wall the car is crashed due to inertia explain?
The back keeps on going even though the front has stopped.
Why are you pressed against the car door while going around a curve?
Inertia. You want to go straight, the car (door) [you should be wearing seat belt] is forcing you to curve.
What you know about inertia to explain why you feel pressed back into the seat of a car when it accelerates?
fairly straightforward. All bodies will remain in their steady state unless acted on by an outside force. A car will not move unless the engine drives it (or gravity takes it down hill) A car will not stop unless you apply the brakes (or hit a wall) So, a moving thing will keep moving and a stopped thing will stay stopped. When you are sitting in a stationary car you are also stationary (obvious) the acceleration is applied to the car and transmitted to you through the seat. As your body is hinged at the middle your bum goes forward with the seat, but your upper body is following the 'steady state' rule and does not begin to move forward until it comes into contact with the back of the seat. The seat is moving forward and you are not (for a short time) Therefore you feel pressed into the seat It is actually the seat that is pushing you.
Why does the gas gauge goes to full when you accelerate?
Gas tanks have a sensor that measures the level of gas in the tank. In some cars the sensor is at or near the back of the tank. When the car accelerates, gas piles up at the back of the tank making the sensor think it's full. If you slam on the brakes, the gauge will read emptier. This is caused by inertia.
When you push on a wall what pushes back on you?
inertia
What pushes back on you when you push on a wall?
inertia
Are seatbelts and harnesses necessary to overcome inertia?
yes they can because they stop inertia from bringing you back or foward
Why are you pressed back into your seat when a car quickly accelerates as the light changes from red to green?
your resistance to a change in motion or inertia does this. Your body is still at rest once the car is accelerating foreward. The same happens when the car stops suddenly. You keep moving foreward because of inertia.Principles of Newtons Laws of motionAn object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force.Your body is at rest at a stoplight. When the car you are in accelerates an outside force (the car) is acting on your body accelerating your body along with it. Your body resists this acceleration because of its tendency to stay at rest. The resistance is felt as pressure against the seat of your car.
How do you change the front wheel bearing on a 1998 Chevy Prizm?
the old ones have to be pressed out and new ones pressed back in.
