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What was mistake in Aristotle’s idea regarding motion ?

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Greek philosopher Aristotle due to his experience in day to day life assumed that to continue uniform motion of the body some extrnal agency is required . This called aristotle law . Accordin to him an arrow released from bow continue its motion because air behind the arrow pushes it forward.
Aristotles is mistake was that he considered day to day life experience as fundamental law of nature.
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KUMAR PRAKASHAN-LAW OF MOTION-SECTION-A(QUESTION PAPER)
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  2. Write similarity and difference between contact force and field force.

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  3. What was mistake in Aristotle’s idea regarding motion ?

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  4. Describe Galileo’s experiment of inclined plane regarding motion.

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  5. Why state of body and body at rest and body moving with constant veloc...

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  6. Write and explain Newton’s first law of motion

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  7. When body is at rest or it is in uniform motion, no force act on it.

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  8. Explain -For car moving with constant (uniform) velocity resultant for...

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  9. We are standing in a stationary bus. When bus suddenly start why we ar...

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  10. We are standing in a bus moving with constant velocity. When brakes ar...

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  11. What is linear momentum ? Write its SI unit

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  12. Explain “Momentum gives more information than velocity alone”

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  13. Write Newton’s second law of motion.

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  14. Write Newton’s second law of motion.

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  15. What is impulse of force ? Write its unit and dimension.

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  16. “A seasoned (experienced) cricketer catches a cricket ball coming in w...

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  17. Explain - product of mass and velocity is important in producing effec...

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  18. “Momentum and changes in momentum are not always in same direction”. E...

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  19. Write Newton’s third law of motion

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  20. Write important points of Newton’s third law of motion.

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