Write a hypothesis for Part I of the lab, which is about the effect on an object being carried by a car, when the car experiences a sudden impact. Use the format of "if . . . then . . . because . . . ” and be sure to answer the lesson question "How can Newton's laws be experimentally verified?” specific to Newton’s first law.
If an object is being carried by a car and the car experiences a sudden impact, then the object will continue to stay in motion with the same speed and direction because of Newton's first law, which states that an object at rest or in motion will stay that way unless acted on by an external force. This can be experimentally verified by conducting tests where the car is brought to a sudden stop or collides with another object, and observing that the carried object continues to move forward with the same speed and direction unless acted upon by an external force like friction or contact with another object. This verifies Newton's first law as it demonstrates the concept of inertia, which refers to the tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion.
