On this page we are providing some frequently asked questions on the concept of force along with their answers. Please note that these questions on the concept of force are not numerical questions. These are some basic conceptual questions and students must be familiar with these concepts to solve numerical problems in this topic.
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Frequently asked Force Questions
When the bus moves along a straight line our body also move with the same speed along the straight line but when the bus makes a sharp U-turn our body upper portion is still in the straight line motion but the lower portion of body move with the bus so we fall sideways when the bus takes sharp U-turn. This happens due to the inertia of direction.
Note: The tendency of a body to oppose any change in its direction of motion is known as the inertia of direction.
False because balanced forces do not cause any change in the sate of the object.
Inertia is a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless that state is changed by an external force.
Yes, a body can have acceleration without any change in its velocity.
It is the case of Uniform Circular Motion in which centripetal acceleration works towards the center while the body has constant velocity or magnitude of velocity does not change.
The first law of motion is stated as:
An object remains in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line unless compelled to change that state by an applied force.
The second law of motion states that
the rate of change of momentum of an object is proportional to the applied unbalanced force in the direction of the force.
Newton’s third law of motion states that
Whenever a body exerts a force on another body, the second body exerts an equal and opposite force on the first body
False. The resultant balanced forces are always zero.
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This happens due to inertia of motion of upper part of his body. Here when moving bus suddenly stops, the lower part of the person’s body comes to rest with the bus while the upper part tends to continue its motion due to inertia.
Product of Force and Time for which it is applied is called Impulse. SI unit of Impulse is \(Ns\).
\(Impulse=force \times time\)
\(Impulse=f \times t\)
\(\qquad=ma\times t\)
\(\qquad =m \frac{\Delta v}{t} \times t\)
\(\qquad =m \Delta v\)
\(\qquad =m(v-u) \)
\(\qquad =mv-mu\)
This shows that impulse is equal to change in their linear momentum.
Momentum can be defined as “mass in motion”. All objects have mass, so if an object is moving, then it has momentum i.e., it has its mass in motion.
The momentum, \(p\) of an object is defined as the product of its mass, \(m\) and velocity, \(v\). That is,
momentum \(p=mv\)
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This happens because of law of inertia.
Dust particles present on surface of carpet are at rest but when we hit carpet with a stick the carpet cloth’s position changes but dust particles remain in their position due to inertia of rest and that’s why dust come out.
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