QII.
Short Response Questions (with Full Questions and Detailed Answers)
1. In a park, children are enjoying a ride on Ferris wheel as shown. What kind of motion the big
wheel has and what kind of motion the riders have?
The Ferris wheel undergoes rotational (circular) motion around a horizontal axis.
The riders also undergo circular motion as they revolve with the wheel, but they experience
changing direction of motion at every point along the circular path.
2. A boy moves for some time, give two situations in which his displacement is zero but covered
distance is not zero?
Situation 1: The boy walks 100 meters forward and then 100 meters back to his starting point.
Displacement = 0 (same initial and final position)
Distance = 200 meters
Situation 2: The boy runs a full lap on a circular track and returns to the same starting point.
Displacement = 0 (circular path ends at start)
Distance = equal to the circumference of the track
3. A stone tied to string is whirling in circle, what is direction of its velocity at any instant?
The direction of velocity is always tangential to the circular path at that instant.
Velocity is perpendicular to the radius drawn to the point where the stone is located.
4. Is it possible to accelerate an object without speeding it up or slowing it down?
Yes, this is possible when the object's direction changes but its speed remains constant.
Example: In uniform circular motion, an object moves at constant speed, but since its direction
changes continuously, it has a centripetal acceleration.
5. Can a car moving towards right have direction of acceleration towards left?
Yes, if the car is slowing down while moving to the right, the acceleration is directed towards the left.
This is called negative acceleration or deceleration, which acts opposite to the direction of motion.
6. With the help of daily life examples, describe the situations in which:
a. Acceleration is in the direction of motion.
A car speeding up on a highway.
A ball rolling down a slope.
b. Acceleration is against the direction of motion.
A car braking to stop at a red light.
A ball thrown vertically upward - gravity pulls it downward, opposite to its motion.
c. Acceleration is zero and body is in motion.
A car moving at constant speed in a straight line.
An object sliding with no friction at uniform velocity.
7. Examine distance-time graph of a motorcyclist (as shown), what does this graph tell us about the
speed of motorcyclist? Also plot its velocity-time graph.
The speed of the motorcyclist is constant, and the velocity-time graph will be a horizontal line at the
speed indicated by the slope of the distance-time graph.
8. How do different controls in a car influence its acceleration and deceleration, and why are these
controls essential for safe driving?
Accelerator: Increases speed -> forward acceleration.
Brake pedal: Decreases speed -> negative acceleration (deceleration).
Steering wheel: Changes direction -> directional acceleration even if speed stays constant.
These controls help manage both speed and direction, allowing drivers to:
Respond to obstacles,
Make safe turns,
Stop in emergencies.
They are essential for safe and precise vehicle control.
9. If two stones of 10 kg and 1 kg are dropped from a 1 km high tower, which will hit the ground with
greater velocity? Which will hit the ground first? (Neglect the air resistance)
Both stones will:
Hit the ground at the same time, and
With the same velocity.
This is because in free fall, the acceleration due to gravity (9.8 m/s^2) is independent of mass, when
air resistance is neglected.
10. A 100 g ball is just released (from rest) and another is thrown downward with velocity of 10 m/s.
Which will have greater acceleration? (Neglect the air resistance)
Both balls will have the same acceleration of 9.8 m/s^2, as acceleration due to gravity is constant for
all free-falling bodies regardless of their initial speed, if air resistance is ignored.
