Class 9

Force and Laws of Motion

Worksheet
Fill in the blanks:
1. The study of motion of a body under the action of a force is called ______.
2.
(Impulse/Force/Pressure) ______ is a push or pull acting upon an object.
3.
The natural tendency of objects to resist a change intheir state of rest
or of uniform motion is called ______.
4.

When the resultant of all the forces acting on a body is zero, the forces

are _______
(balanced/unbalanced).
5.

When The resultant of all the forces acting on a body is not zero, the f

orces are
_______ (balanced/unbalanced).
6.

Newtons first law of motion states that a body at rest will remain at __

___________
(rest/motion) and a body in motion will remain in ________ (uniform/no
nuniform)
motion unless acted upon by an _________ (balanced/unbalanced) force.
7.

The ______ of an object is a measure of its inertia.

8.

_________ (Nuclear/Gravitational/Muscular) Force is the weakest force

9.

_______ (Nuclear/Gravitational/Muscular) force is the strongest force of

all the basic

forces in nature.
10.

An imaginary coordinate system which is either at rest or in uniform an

d where
Newtons laws are valid is called an _______ frame of reference.
11.

(Centrifugal/Centripetal) ________ force is the apparent outward force t

hat draws a
rotating body away from the center of rotation.

12.

The radially inward force towards the centre which continuously deflect

s a particle
from its straight line path and makes it along a circular path is called __
_____
(centrifugal/centripetal) force.
13.

The momentum of an object is the product of its _____ and _______ and

has the
same direction as that of the ________.
14.

Newtons second law of motion states that the rate of change of ______

of a body is
directly proportional to the force and takes place in the same direction
as the ______.
15.

Action and reaction forces act on ________ (the same body/two different

bodies)
but they are ______ (equal/unequal) in magnitude.
16.

When the resultant force acting on a system is zero , the total moment

um of the
system ______ (remains constant/ may vary). This is called ____________
_______ .
17.

The velocity with which gun moves in the backward direction is known

as the
______ velocity.
18.

When the lift is stationary or moves with uniform velocity then accelera

tion is zero
And net force is ______ (zero/nonzero).
19.

A change in momentum over a longer time requires ______ (less/more) f

orce .
Answer:
1. dynamics

2. Force

3. Inertia

6. rest, uniform, unbalanced 7. Mass

10. inertial 11. Centrifugal

4. Balanced 5. Unbalanced
8. Gravitational

12. Centripetal

9. Nuclear

13. mass, velocity, velocity

14. momentum, force

15. two different bodies, equal.

16. remains constant, law of conservation of linear momentum

18. zero

19. Less

17. recoil