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Gina is driving her car down the street. She has a teddy bear sitting on the back seat. A dog runs in front of Gina's car, so she quickly applies the brakes. The force of the brakes causes the car to stop, but the teddy bear continues to move forward until it hits the car's dashboard.

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That is because the force of gravity pulls the teddy bear forward when she went to a stop. Even know the car stopped the teddy bear continued to move forward and pulled the teddy bear forward that is newtons first law of motion an object will move forward because it is unbalanced. Maybe next time they should strap him in :) hope it helped
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Newton's 1st Law of Motion- an object (bear) will stay in motion until acted upon by an unbalanced force
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