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The tendency of objects to resist a change of motion is called:

AInertia
BImpulse
CImpetus
DIncline
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Inertia
1. Undisturbed objects stay as they are. 2. The first law is named after this property. 3. It is called inertia. _Source: syllabus Science, Ch 9 'Force and Laws of Motion'_
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