Assignment 4

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1. State Newton's first law of motion. Give two examples.

2. Explain the law of inertia.

3. Describe the term "inertia" with respect to motion.

4. Name the property of bodies to resist a change in their velocity. Describe a simple experiment to
demonstrate that property.

5. Explain why, it is dangerous to jump out of a moving bus?

6. On what factor does the inertia of a body depend? Which has more inertia, a cricket ball or a rubber
ball of the same size?

7. Explain why, a person travelling in a bus fails forward when the bus stops suddenly.

8. What happens to the passengers travelling in a bus when the bus takes a sharp turn? Give reasons
for your answer.

9. A moving bicycle comes to rest after sometime if we stop pedalling it. But Newton's first law of
motion says mat a moving body should continue to move forever, unless some external force acts
on it. How do you explain the bicycle case?

10. Name the property of bodies to resist a change in their state of rest or of motion.