Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Give one example where a force changes the direction of a moving body.
Advertisements
Solution
If we blow air from our mouth towards the smoke rising up from a burning incense stick (agarbatti), then the direction of motion of the smoke changes. In this case, the force exerted by the blowing air changes the direction of the moving smoke.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
State whether the following statement is true or false :
Unbalanced forces acting on a body change its shape.
Fill in the following blank with suitable word:
When a running car stops suddenly, the passengers are jerked …………………..
Fill in the following blanks with suitable word :
If there were no unbalanced force of……………….. and no…………………. resistance, a moving bicycle would go on moving for ever.
Give reason for the following :
When a hanging carpet is beaten with a stick, the dust particles start coming out of it.
Give one example where a force moves a stationary body.
Why are road accidents at high speeds very much worse than road accidents at low speeds ?
What is the relationship between force and acceleration ?
When we talk of a force acting on a body, it usually means :
Which of the following effect cannot be produced by an unbalanced force acting on a body?
A boy of mass 50 kg standing on ground exerts a force of 500 N on the ground. The force exerted by the ground on the boy will be :
