Read the following sentence: “Newton suggested that objects like the soccer ball have a natural tendency to keep moving. The only reason they stop, he believed, is because an unbalanced force acts on them.” What does the word tendency mean?

Question 5 options:

a fifty-fifty chance of something happening

a very small chance of something happening

the fear of doing something or acting in a certain way

the way something normally behaves or acts

the device is called “ rocket engine”

answer would be letter choice (a),   a ball resting on a shelf. would be another example of potential energy   >   stored energy > not moving.

a ball spinning on a finger   >   kinetic energy > moving energy

a ball rolling on the ground   >   kinetic energy   > moving energy

a   ball flying through the air   > kinetic energy   >   moving energy

hope that                                         : )