Motion in 1 Dimension

1) Define Scalar & Vector quantities with at least 5 examples

2) Define Rest & Motion
3) Define and distinguish Distance & Displacement (with SI & CGS units)
4) Define and distinguish Speed & Velocity (with SI & CGS units)
5) Define Instantaneous Speed, Average Speed
6) Define Uniform Velocity, Variable Velocity, Instantaneous Velocity
7) Define Average Velocity. Say when it can be calculated as usual averages
between 2 numbers
8) Define Acceleration, Uniform Acceleration, Variable Acceleration,
Acceleration due to Gravity
9) Displacement-Time Graph for
1. Stationary body
2. Uniform velocity
3. Variable velocity (increasing and decreasing)
10) What are the quantities that can be determined using Displacement-Time
Graph? And how?
11) Displacement-Time Graph cannot be parallel to which axis? Why?
12) Draw Velocity-Time Graph for
1. Uniform velocity
2. Variable velocity (increasing and decreasing)
3. Body dropped freely from a height and bouncing back up again.
13) What are the quantities that can be determined using Velocity-Time
Graph? And how?
14) Draw Acceleration-Time Graph for
1. Uniform velocity
2. Uniform increase in velocity, uniform decrease in velocity
3. Velocity changing in irregular manner
15) What are the quantities that can be determined using Acceleration-Time
Graph? And how? (given initial velocity is 'u')
16) For a freely falling body, draw the following
1. Displacement-Time Graph
2. Velocity-Time Graph
3. Acceleration-Time Graph
17) Plot a graph between Displacement & Square of Time for a freely for a
freely falling body. What can be calculated using this? Can you justify
comparing it to the general linear equation?
18) In the above 3 kinds of Graphs what does negative slope mean? What
does it mean when the Graphs dips below the X axis?

Motion in 1 Dimension - (C)

1) Derive the 3 equations of motion by
1. Graphical method
2. Algebraic method
2)
 Laws of Motion - (A)

1) Define Force
2) Define and explain the various kinds of Contact Forces with examples
3) Define and explain the various kinds of Non-Contact Forces with examples
4) Explain the 2 general characteristics of Non-Contact Forces

Laws of Motion - (B)

1) State Newton's First Law of Motion

2) Define and explain Inertia. What does it depend on?
3) Explain with examples --- Inertia of Motion, Inertia of Rest
4) Define Force. State the SI and CGS units for Force and derive the relationship
between them

Laws of Motion - (C)

1) What is linear momentum?

2) State Newton's Second Law of Motion, and hence derive the expression for
Force.
3) What does a force of 1 N mean?
4) For a given force, draw the Acceleration-Mass graph. What is this shape
called?
5) Explain 3 everyday examples of the Second Law

Laws of Motion - (D)

1) State Newton's Third Law of Motion

2) Explain the Third Law with examples
3) How is any motion possible if equal and opposite?
4) A huge truck collides with a car. And it is claimed that according to the Third
Law, the force the truck exerted against the car is exactly the same as the force
that the car exerted against the truck. How? Why? Explain.

Laws of Motion - (E)

1) State Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation

2) Derive the mathematical expression for the previous question
3) What is the unit and value of Universal Gravitational Constant?
4) What does 'g' (of a planet) depend on. Derive the necessary relationship
5) For a body thrown upwards, derive the expressions for 'hmax' and 'hang time'
6) Define Mass & Weight, state their SI & CGS units
7) What is the mathematical relationship between Mass & Weight?
8) Distinguish Mass & Weight
9) What are Gravitational units of Force? Explain 'kgf', 'gf' and their relationships
to Dyne