Question

a student is riding on a school bus and suddenly get thrown forward. what did the bus just do? the bus makes a hard turn to the left. the bus makes a hard turn to the right. the bus is going forward and suddenly stops. the bus is going backward and suddenly stops.

Explanation:

According to Newton's first law (the law of inertia), an object in motion tends to stay in motion. When the bus is moving forward and suddenly stops, the student's body, which was in motion with the bus, continues to move forward due to inertia.

• If the bus makes a hard turn to the left, the student would be thrown to the right (due to inertia trying to keep moving in the original direction).
• If the bus makes a hard turn to the right, the student would be thrown to the left.
• If the bus is going backward and suddenly stops, the student would be thrown backward.

Answer:

The bus is going forward and suddenly stops.