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Question 511 Mark
What do you understand by the equations of motion?
Answer
Equation of motion gives us the picture of motion of moving body.
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Question 521 Mark
What kind of a velocity does a flying bird most likely to have?
(a) Uniform velocity, or
(b) Non- uniform velocity.
Answer
A flying bird most likely to have a non uniform velocity.
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Question 541 Mark
Give the name of the physical quantity that corresponds to the rate of change of displacement.
Answer
Velocity corresponds to the rate of change of displacement.
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Question 561 Mark
What do you understand by the average speed of a body?
Answer
Average speed of a body can be defined as ratio of total distance covered by a body In total time.
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Question 581 Mark
The acceleration of a body is $8.5 ms^{-2}$. What does this statement mean?
Answer
If a body has acceleration of $8.5 ms^{-2}$ then it means its velocity is increasing at a rate of $8.5 ms^{-1}$ per second.
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Question 591 Mark
A body falls towards the earth. Does it have positive or negative acceleration?
Answer
If a body falls towards earth then it would have a positive acceleration.
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Question 601 Mark
What does a negative acceleration mean?
Answer
Negative acceleration corresponds to situation when velocity is continuously decereasing with respect to the time.
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Question 611 Mark
What does a positive acceleration mean?
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Positive acceleration corresponds to situation when velocity is continuously increasing with respect to the time.
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Question 621 Mark
The area under a speed-time graph in a given intervals gives the total distance covered by a body irrespective of its motion being uniform or non-uniform.
Answer
Yes area under a speed time graph in a given interval gives the total distance covered by a body.
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Question 631 Mark
The relation S= v x t can easily be used to find the tota l distance covered by a body moving with non -uni form speed. (Yes/ no)
Answer
No the relation S = v X t cannot used to find the total distance covered by a body moving with non-uniform speed.
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Question 651 Mark
Define speed of a body.
Answer
Speed of a body can be defined as distance covered by the body in unit time.
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Question 661 Mark
Define acceleration.
Answer
Acceleration of a body is rate of change of its velocity with respect to the time.
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Question 671 Mark
When do the speed and velocity of a moving body become equal?
Answer
Speed and velocity of a moving body become equal when the body moves in a straight line.
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Question 701 Mark
Out of force and energy, which one is vector?
Answer
Out of Force and Energy, Force is a vector quantity.
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Question 721 Mark
What do you mean by motion?
Answer
A body is said to be in motion when it change its position with respect to its surrounding objects with time.
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Question 731 Mark
How is a vector represented?
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A vector is represented by an arrow. The length of the arrow represents the magnitude of vector quantity and arrow head gives the direction of vector quantity.
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Question 741 Mark
What do you mean by a vector quantity?
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A vector quantity is that physical quantity which is represented by both magnitude and direction.
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Question 751 Mark
Under what condition is the displacement of a body equal to the distance traveled by it?
Answer
If a body is moving in a straight line then the displacement of a body is equal to the distance travelled by it.
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Question 771 Mark
Write the SI units for measurement of distance and displacement.
Answer
SI unit for measurement of distance and diplacement is metre denoted by m.
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Question 781 Mark
Define displacement.
Answer
The displacement of a moving body is defined as the change in its position along a particular direction
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Question 791 Mark
Define Displacement.
Answer
Displacement of an object between two points is the shortest distance between these two points.
“It is the unique path that can take the body from its initial to the final position.”
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Question 801 Mark
Can distance covered by a body be less than the magnitude of its displacement?
Answer
No the distance covered by a body cannot be less than the magnitude of its displacement.
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Question 811 Mark
Define the state of rest.
Answer
A body is said to be in state of rest if it does not change its position with respect to its surrounding objects with time.
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Question 831 Mark
Can we subtract a scalar quantity from a vector quantity? Is the reverse true?
Answer
No we cannot subtract a scalar quantity from a vector quantity. Reverse is also not true.
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Question 851 Mark
Can we add a scalar quantity to a vector quantity?
Answer
No we cannot add a scalar quantity to a vector quantity.
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Question 891 Mark
Name the physical quantity representing the magnitude and its direction.
Answer
The physical quantity representing the magnitude and its direction is a vector quantity.
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Question 901 Mark
A train is moving out of a railway station. Is the platform at rest or in motion with respect to the moving train? Justify your answer.
Answer
The platform is in motion with respect to train. As train is moving with respect to platform so platform would also look in motion with respect to train.
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Question 911 Mark
Are the passengers sitting in a train in motion or at rest with respect to each other?
Answer
Passengers sitting in a train are at rest with respect to each other.
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Question 921 Mark
A quantity can be represented only when its magnitude and direction are specified. Is it scalar or vector?
Answer
A vector quantity is represented only when its magnitude and direction are specified so this quantity is a vector quantity.
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