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Question 11 Mark
State if the following statements is true or false. Give reasons for your answer: Total energy of a system is always conserved, no matter what internal and external forces on the body are present.
Answer
False. Explanation: The external forces on the body may change the total energy of the body.
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Question 21 Mark
State if the following statements is true or false. Give reasons for your answer: In an inelastic collision, the final kinetic energy is always less than the initial kinetic energy of the system.
Answer
True. Explanation: In an inelastic collision, the final kinetic energy is always less than the initial kinetic energy of the system. This is because in such collisions, there is always a loss of energy in the form of heat, sound, etc.
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Question 31 Mark
State if the following statements is true or false. Give reasons for your answer: In an elastic collision of two bodies, the momentum and energy of each body is conserved.
Answer
False. Explanation: In an elastic collision, the total energy and momentum of both the bodies, and not of each individual body, is conserved.
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Question 41 Mark
State if the following statements is true or false. Give reasons for your answer: Work done in the motion of a body over a closed loop is zero for every force in nature.
Answer
False. Explanation: Work done in the motion of a body over a closed loop is zero for a conservation force only.
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