Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist a change in . Newton’s first law of states that an object at rest will stay at rest unless it is acted upon by an outside force.

Inertia is an object's tendency to resist a change in its motion. Newton’s first law of motion says an object at rest stays at rest unless an outside force acts on it. Therefore, the correct choice is motion.

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