Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Force
Short Questions
1. What is known as kinematics?
2. What is dynamics?
3. What is resultant of two balanced forces?
4. Define balanced forces.
5. Define unbalanced forces.
6. What is resultant of two unbalanced forces?
7. What was Aristotle’s thought about motion?
8. When a body rolls up a slope, what type of motion it performs?
9. When a body rolls down a slope, what type of motion it performs?
10. In dynamics the state of motion & state of rest are considered equal. Why?
11. What is inertia?
12. State Galileo’s law of inertia.
13. State Newton’s 1st law of motion.
14. Which law did Galileo give on basis of slopes?
15. What is the measure of inertia of a body?
16. Which is the external effect due to which a body changes its state of motion
known as?
17. Define force.
18. Which law of Newton defines force?
19. Define momentum
20. Is momentum a scalar or a vector?
21. What is the duration of momentum?
22. Give SI unit of momentum.
23. State Newton’s 2nd law of motion.
24. What is the product of mass & acceleration known as?
25. Is force scalar or vector?
26. Give S.I unit of force.
27. Define 1 Newton force.
28. Give C.G.S unit of force.
29. How many dynes equal 1 Newton?
30. Which law of Newton gives magnitude of force?
31. On object having mass m, if we double the force what would be the change in
acceleration?
32. By keeping the force constant if we double the mass what change would be in
acceleration?
33. What is magnitude of force in absence of acceleration?
34. Define impulse of force.
35. Is impulse scalar or vector?
36. What is direction of impulse of force?
37. Give SI unit of impulse of force.
38. Is impulse of force & change in momentum same?
39. Same force is applied on two bodies with different mass, for equal intervals of
time. Is change in momentum equal?
40. Is Newton’s second law consistent with Newton’s first law?
41. State Newton’s third law of motion.
42. State law of conservation of momentum.
43. Which important law do Newton’s first law & third law lead to?
44. Define force of friction.
45. What is the direction of frictional force?
46. Define sliding friction & rolling friction.
47. Which is greater, sliding friction or rolling friction for the same surface & same
object?
48. Define static frictional force?
49. Define maximum static frictional force.
50. Give formula to find pressure.
51. Define pressure.
52. Give S.I unit of pressure.
53. State Archimedes principle.
54. Define buoyant force.
55. Is pressure scalar or vector?
56. Name instruments which use Archimedes principle.
57. Define density.
58. What can be determined using Archimedes principle?
59. Is density scalar or vector?
60. Give S.I unit of density.
61. What is density of gold & water?
62. How is density helpful?
63. Define relative density.
64. What is unit of relative density?
65. What is relative density of gold?
66. What is relative density of iron?
67. When does body sink in water & when does it float?
68. Due to which force loss in weight of a body immersed in a liquid is felt?
69. What does magnitude of time rate of change in momentum give?