{"id":880,"date":"2020-01-21T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T11:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/?p=880"},"modified":"2022-11-04T12:06:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T06:36:28","slug":"newtons-law-interesting-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/newtons-law-interesting-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Newton&#8217;s law Interesting conceptual questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here are some interesting Newton&#8217;s law conceptual questions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>: When a person walks on the floor? which direction force is applied by the person to move forward?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>:A person begins walking by pushing with the foot backward against the ground. The ground in turns exerts an equal and opposite force on the person making it move forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/force-diagram-person-walk.png\" alt=\"Newton's law Interesting conceptual questions\" class=\"wp-image-6056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/force-diagram-person-walk.png 560w, https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/force-diagram-person-walk-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>: According to Newton&#8217;s third law,each team in a tug of war pulls with equal force on the another team.What then determine which team will wins it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tug-of-war.png\" alt=\"Newton's law Interesting conceptual questions\" class=\"wp-image-6054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tug-of-war.png 560w, https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tug-of-war-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Solution<\/strong><br>In a tug of war, the team that pushes hardest against the ground wins. It is true that both teams have the same force on them due to the tension in the rope. But the winning team pushes harder against the ground and thus the ground pushes harder on the winning team, making a net unbalanced force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tug-of-war-force-diagram.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tug-of-war-force-diagram.png 560w, https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tug-of-war-force-diagram-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>. You have two choices to move the block on the rough surface. Either you pull it and push it.Let&#8217;s assume ,the angle with the horizontal remains same in push and pull<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which way you will have to exerts less force to move the block<br>(a) Pull<br>(b) Push<br>(c) Same<br><strong>Solution:<\/strong> when you push the block,the vertical components of the force adds up to gravity and more normal force will be present ,which means more frictional force.<br>When you pull the block,the vertical components of the force minus the gravity and less normal will be present,which means less frictional force.<br>So pull will be better<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/force-free-diagram-push-pull.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/force-free-diagram-push-pull.png 660w, https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/force-free-diagram-push-pull-300x99.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>: You can hold a block against a rough wall  and prevent it from slipping down by pressing hard horizontally.How does the application of horizontal force keep the block from moving vertically because of the gravity?<br><strong>Solution<\/strong>: The horizontal force you applied on the block produces a normal force exerted by the block by the wall. The force of gravity acting downward can be then be balanced by the upward<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/block-push-wall.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6058\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong> : What makes a car go forward or what force moves the car forward<br><strong>Solution<\/strong>: The car engine rotates the wheel of the car. If the car is present on ice, it will just spin . On solid surface, the car tires pushes backward against the ground. By newton&#8217;s third law, ground pushes the tires in the opposite direction and accelerates the car<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"146\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/car-force.png\" alt=\"Newton's law Interesting conceptual questions\" class=\"wp-image-6059\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope you like interesting Newton&#8217;s law Interesting conceptual questions. Please do provide the feedback<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also Reads<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/effectively-memorize-physics-formula\/\">Physics Formulas<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/find-workdone-multiple-forces\/\">Work done by Multiple Forces<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/solve-kinematics-problems\/\">How to solve Kinematics Problems<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/physicscatalyst.com\/article\/dimension-of-force\/\">Dimension of Force<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: When a person walks on the floor? which direction force is applied by the person to move forward?<\/p>\n<p>Question: According to Newton&#8217;s third law,each team in a tug of war pulls with equal force on the another team<\/p>\n<p>What then determine which team will wins it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-physics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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