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When a train suddenly moves forward, the passenger standing in the compartment tends to fall backwards.

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ICSE-LAWS OF MOTION-EXERCISE - 3(B)
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  2. What is meant by the term inertia?

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  3. Give qualitative definition of force on the basis of Newton's first la...

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  4. Name the factor on which inertia of a body depends and state how it de...

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  5. Give two examples to show that greater the mass, greater is the inerti...

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  6. More the mass, more difficult it is to move the body from rest'. Expla...

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  7. Name the two kinds of inertia.

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  8. Give one example of the following: inertia of rest .

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  9. Give one example of the following: inertia of motion.

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  10. Two equal and opposite forces act on a stationary body. Will the body ...

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  11. Two equal and opposite forces act on a moving object. How is its motio...

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  12. An aeroplane is moving uniformly at a constant eight under the action ...

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  13. Why does a person tend to fall when he jumps out from a moving train a...

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  14. Why does a ball thrown vertically upwards in a moving train, come back...

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  15. Explain the following When a train suddenly moves forward, the pas...

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  16. Explain the following When a corridor train suddenly starts, the s...

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  18. Explain the following After alighting from a moving bus, one has t...

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