Second Law of Motion

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Second Law of Motion: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Second Law of Motion, Mathematical Formulation of Second Law of Motion, Change in Momentum, Mass of a Body, Momentum, One Unit of Force, SI Unit of Momentum & Unit of Force etc.

Important Questions on Second Law of Motion

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Assertion: We should always wear a seat belt while travelling in a car.

Reason: Seat belt prevents us from falling forward due to inertia when sudden brakes are applied.

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A man throws a ball weighing 500 g vertically upwards with a speed of 10 m/s. What will be its initial momentum?

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What is the mass of a body weighing 98 N on the earth surface?

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What is the momentum of a 6.0 kg bowling ball in kg m s-1 with a velocity of 2.2 m s-1?

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Linear momentum is defined as the quantity of _____ contained in a body.

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Which of the following is the correct relation?

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The momentum is the product of mass and _____.

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Force is inversely proportional to the acceleration of the body.

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The SI unit of weight is _____.

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Two balls A and B of masses m and 3m are in motion with velocities 3v and v respectively. Their momenta are in the ratio

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The CGS unit of force is dyne.

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Which of the following is the unit of force?

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In the equation F=kmak will become one for one unit of force. One unit of force is also equal to one _____.

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Consider the equation F=kma. The unit of force is so chosen that the value of the constant, k becomes _____.

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Define one unit of force.

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A ball of mass 4.5 kg is accelerated at a rate of 10 m s-2. Calculate the force applied on the ball.

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A car is moving with a velocity of 10 cm s-1 having a momentum 35 kg m s-1. Calculate the mass of the car.

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Calculate the force required to impart a velocity of 30m/s in 12sec, if the mass of the car is 1500 kg _____.

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If a force of 5 N is acting on a body of mass 10 kg, then the acceleration produced is _____ m/s2.

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A body of mass 2 kg is acted upon by a force of 1Newton. Its acceleration is _____.