A bird sitting on the limb of a tree is moving about 30 km/s with respect to the sun.If the bird takes 1 second to drop down to a worm below,the worm would be 30 km downrange from the bird when it reached the ground.This faulty reasoning is best countered with Newton's
A)first law.
B)second law.
C)third law.
D)law of gravitation.
E)none of these

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Newton's first law, the law of inertia, states that an object in motion will stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. The bird and the worm are both moving with the Earth at 30 km/s, so the bird will land directly below where it started relative to the worm.

A Bird Sitting on the Limb of a Tree Is