State whether the following statement is true or false:
The first law of motion is also known as Galileo's law of inertia.
The first law of motion is also known as Galileo's law of inertia.
(TRUE) The statement is true. Newton's first law of motion states that an object will remain at rest or in uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an external unbalanced force. This concept was originally proposed by Galileo Galilei,which is why the first law of motion is frequently referred to as the law of inertia or Galileo's law of inertia.
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