CLASS-9-PHYSICS

WORKSHEET
FORCE AND LAWS OF MOTION
1) Name the principle on which a rocket work
2) Body A is heavier than body Q. Which has more inertia?
3) A body is moving with uniform acceleration. Is its momentum
constant?
4) Name the physical quantity that corresponds to the rate of
change of momentum.
5) Which principle is involved in the working of a jet plane?
6) Why mass is sometimes called coefficient of linear inertia?
7) When a force acting on a body has equal and opposite reaction,
then why should the body move at all?
8) Does Newton's third law apply to a system where bodies do not
actually touch each other?
9) Suppose a ball of mass m is thrown vertically upwards with an initial
speed v, its speed decreases continuously till it becomes zero.
Therefore, the ball begins to fall downward and attains the speed v
again before striking the ground. It implies that the magnitude of initial
and final momenta of the ball are same. Yet, it is not an example of
conservation of momentum. Explain why.

10) Which of the following has more inertia: (a) a rubber ball and a
stone of the same size? (b) a bicycle and a train? (b) a five-rupee coin
and a one-rupee coin?

11) Deduce Newton's first law from the second law.

12) In the following example, try to identify the number of times

the velocity of ball changes: "A football player kicks a football to
another player of his team who kicks the football towards the goal.
The goalkeeper of the opposite team collects the football and kicks it
towards a player of his own team". Also identify the agent supplying
the force in each case. [NCERT]

13) What is the ratio of SI units to CGS units of momentum? How do

you measure the effect of an impulsive force on the body?
14) Why do you fall in the forward direction when a moving bus
brakes to a stop and fall backwards when it accelerates from rest?

15) Explain why some of the leaves may get detached from a tree if
we vigorously shake its branch. [NCERT]

16) When small boy is trying to push a heavy stone, mention

various forces acting on the stone.
17) On which factors does friction depend?

18) A bullet fired against a glass window pane makes a hole in it,
and the glass pane is not cracked. But on the other hand, when a
stone strikes the same glass pane, it gets smashed. Why is it so?
19) Describe in brief an activity to illustrate the property of inertia
of rest.
20) Why can a small mass such as a bullet kill a person when fired
from a gun?

21) Why does a boat tend to leave the shore, when passengers are
alighting from it?

22) Give few examples of Newton's third law of motion.

23) Describe our walking in terms of Newton's third law of motion.

24) There are three solids made up of aluminium, steel and wood,
of the same shape and same volume. Which of them would have
highest inertia? [NCERT Exemplar]
 25) Two friends on roller-skates are standing 5 m apart facing each
other. One of them throws a ball of 2 kg towards the other, who
catches it. How will this activity affect the position of the two?
Explain your answer.

26) A batsman hits a cricket ball which then rolls on a level ground.
After covering a short distance, why does the ball come to rest?

27) Why does a cricket player moves his hand backward while
catching the ball?
28) Why does an athlete puts some sands or cushion on the ground
while high jumping?

29) Describe balanced forces with the help of two examples.

30) When a carpet is beaten with a stick, dust comes out of it.
31) Why is it advised to tie any luggage kept on the roof of a bus
with a rope? [NCERT]

32) Why do the driver and the person seated in front seat need a
seat belt?

33) Akhtar, Kiran and Rahul were riding in a motor car that was
moving with a high velocity on an expressway when an insect hit the
windshield and got struck on the windscreen. Akhtar and Kiran
started pondering over the situation. Kiran suggested that the insect
suffered a greater change in momentum as compared to the change
in momentum of the motor car (because the change in velocity of
the insect was much more than that of motor car). Akhtar said that
since the motor car was moving with a larger velocity, it exerted a
larger force on the insect; and as a result the insect died. Rahul while
pulling on a new explanation that the both the motor car and the
insect experienced the same force and a change in their momentum.
34) Water sprinkler used for grass lawns begins to rotate as soon as
as the water is supplied. Explain the principle on which it works.

35) According to third law of motion when we push on an object,

the object pushes back on us with equal and opposite force. If the
object is a massive truck parked along the road side, it will probably
not move. A student justifies this by answering that the two equal
and opposite forces cancel each other. Comment on this logic and
explain why the truck does not move.
36) Describe Newton's first law of motion in detail, giving
examples.
37) Derive the mathematical relation of Newton's second law of
motion.
38) Derive the mathematical formula of conservation of
momentum.
39) If action is always equal to the reaction, explain how a horse
can pull a cart. [NCERT]
40) An object experiences a net zero external unbalanced force. Is it
possible for the object to be travelling with a non-zero velocity? If
yes, state the conditions that must be placed on the magnitude and
direction of the velocity. If no, provide a reason. [NCERT]
41) What is the relationship between mass and inertia? Explain with
the help of examples.
42) Describe Newton's third law of motion.
43) Why does an athlete run a certain distance before taking a
leap?
44) Two balls of the same size of different materials, rubber and
iron are kept on the smooth floor of a moving train. The brakes are
applied suddenly to stop the train. Will the balls start rolling? If so, in
which direction? Will they move with the same speed? Give reasons
for your answer.
45) The velocity-time graph of an object of mass m = 50 g is shown in
figure. Observe the graph carefully and answer the following
questions. (a) Calculate the force on the object in time interval 0 to 3
s. (b) Calculate the force on the object in the time interval 6 to 10 s.
(c) Is there any time interval in which no force acts on the object?
Justify your answer.
46) If an object is not moving, does it mean that no force is acting
on it?
47) Take a test tube and pour a small amount of water in it. Seal its
mouth with the help of a cork. Heat the test tube on a burner flame
till all water turns into steam. (i) What happens to the cork? (ii) Why
does it happen? (iii) What might happen in case, cork was too tightly
closed?
48) Two hockey players of opposite teams, while trying to hit a
hockey ball on the ground, collide and immediately get entangled.
One has a mass of 60 kg and was moving with a velocity of 5 m/s.
The other has a mass of 55 kg and was moving with a velocity of 6
m/s, towards the first player. In which direction and with what
velocity will they move after they become entangled? Assume that
the frictional force acting between the feet of two players and
ground is negligible.
49) Describe an activity to demonstrate Newton's third law of
motion.
50) Give reasons for the following. (i) Horse continues to apply force
in order to move a cart with constant speed. (ii) Water sprinkler used
for grass lawns begins to rotate as soon as water is supplied. (iii)
Water drops are removed from wet clothes by giving tight jerk to the
cloth.