2.2. Explain translatory motion and give examples of various types of translatory motion

Answer:

Translatory motion:

The motion of a body along a line without any rotation is called translatory motion. The line may be straight or curved.

Examples:

The motion of riders in the Ferris wheel, the motion of an object along a curved path, etc.


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2.3: Differentiate between the following: 

(i) Rest and motion. 

(ii) Circular motion and rotatory motion. 

(iii) Distance and displacement 

(iv) Speed and velocity. 

(v) Linear and random motion. 

(vi) Scalars and vectors


Answer:

(i) Difference between rest and motion. 

Rest:

A body is said to be at rest if it does not change its position with respect to its surroundings. 

Motion:
A body is said to be in motion if it changes its position with respect to its surroundings.

The state of rest or motion of a body is relative. For example, a passenger sitting in a moving bus is at rest because he/she is not changing his/her position with respect to other passengers or objects in the bus. But to an observer outside the bus, the passengers and the objects inside the bus are in motion.

(ii) Difference between Circular motion and rotatory motion. 

Circular motion:

The motion of an object in a circular path is known as circular motion.

Examples:

The motion of the earth around the sun, A stone tied at the end of a string moving in a circle,  A toy train moving on a circular track, etc.


Rotatory motion:

The spinning motion of a body about its axis is called its rotatory motion.

Examples:

The motion of the wheel about its axis, the motion of the ceiling fan, etc.


(iii) Difference between Distance and displacement 

Distance:

The length of a path between two points is called the distance between those points. 

It has magnitude but no direction.

It is a scalar quantity.

It is denoted by "S".

Its SI unit is a meter (m).

It formula is S = v t


Displacement:

The shortest distance between two points is called displacement. 

It has magnitude and direction.

It is a vector quantity.

It is denoted by "d".

Its SI unit is a meter (m).

It formula is d = v t


(iv) Difference between speed and velocity. 

Speed:

The distance covered by an object in unit time is called its speed.  

It has magnitude but no direction.

It is a scalar quantity.

It is denoted by "v".

Its SI unit is a meter per second (ms⁻¹).

It formula is v = `\frac {S}{t}`


Velocity:

The rate of displacement of a body is called its velocity.

 or

The distance covered by an object in unit time in a specific direction is called its speed. 

It has both magnitude and direction.

It is a vector quantity.

It is denoted by `\vec v`.

Its SI unit is a meter (m).

It formula is `\vec v` = `\frac {d}{t}`


(v) Difference between Linear and random motion. 

Linear motion:

Straight line motion of a body is known as its linear motion

Examples:

Aeroplanes flying straight in the air, objects falling vertically down,  etc.


Random motion:

The disordered or irregular motion of an object is called random motion.

Examples:

The motion of gas molecules, the Motion of insects, and birds, the motion of dust or smoke particles in the air, etc.


(vi) Difference between Scalars and vectors

Scalars:

Physical quantities which are described completely by their magnitude only are called Scalar quantities.

Examples:

mass, length, time, speed, volume, work, energy, etc.


Vectors:

Physical quantities which are described completely by their magnitude and direction as well is called vector quantities.

Examples:

velocity, displacement, force, momentum, torque, etc.

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1.4. Define the terms speed, velocity, and acceleration

Answer:

Speed:

The distance covered by an object in unit time is called its speed.  

It has magnitude but no direction.

It is a scalar quantity.

It is denoted by "v".

Its SI unit is a meter per second (ms⁻¹).

It formula is v = `\frac {S}{t}`


Velocity:

The rate of displacement of a body is called its velocity.

 or

The distance covered by an object in unit time in a specific direction is called its speed. 

It has magnitude and direction.

It is a vector quantity.

It is denoted by `\vec v`.

Its SI unit is a meter per second (ms⁻¹).

It formula is `\vec v` = `\frac {d}{t}`


Acceleration:

Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity of a body. 

It has magnitude and direction.

It is a vector quantity.

It is denoted by `\vec a`.

Its SI unit is a meter per second per second (ms⁻²).

It formula is `\vec a` = `\frac {vec v}{t}`


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2.5. Can a body moving at a constant speed have acceleration?

A body is said to an acceleration when both the magnitude of speed and direction or any one of them is changing. 
So a body moving with constant speed may or may not have acceleration. i.e.
Case 1. When a body moving at a constant speed in a straight line does not have an acceleration. In this case, both magnitudes of speed and direction are not changing so acceleration is zero.
Case 2. When a body moving at a constant speed along a curve path (not in a straight line) has an accelerationHere magnitude of speed is not changing but the direction of the motion is not changing.

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2.6.  How do riders in a Ferris wheel possess translatory motion but not rotatory motion?

Answer:

Riders moving in a Ferris wheel possess translational motion because the motion of riders is in a circle without rotation.

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1.7. Sketch a distance-time graph for a body starting from rest. How will you determine the speed of a body from this graph?

    Answer:

    The distance-time graph for a body starting its motion from rest can be of two types 1. at a constant speed and 2. at a variable speed as shown in the following figure.

    We can determine the speed of the object from both of the graphs by determining the slope of the line of the graph.




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    2.8. What would be the shape of a speed-time graph of a body moving with variable speed?

      Answer:

      When an object does not cover an equal distance in an equal interval of time then the speed of an object is called variable speed. The distance-time graph for variable speed is not a straight line but a curve line as shown below.




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      2.9. Which of the following can be obtained from the speed-time graph of a body? 

      (i) Initial speed. (ii) Final speed. (iii) Distance covered in time t. (iv) Acceleration of motion.

      Answer:

      From speed - time graph of a body, we can calculate all the above-given quantities i.e. (i) Initial speed. (ii) Final speed. (iii) Distance covered in time t. (iv) Acceleration of motion.

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      2.10. How can vector quantities be represented graphically?

      Answer:

      Graphically, a vector can be represented by a line segment with an arrowhead. The length of the line shows the magnitude of the vector and arrowhead its direction. In the following figure, the line AB with an arrowhead at B represents a vector F. The length of the line AB gives the magnitude of the vector F on a selected scale. While the arrowhead on the line at B shows that the vector is directed from A to B. 



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      2.11. Why vector quantities cannot be added and subtracted like scalar quantities?

        Answer:
        As scalar quantities can be added and subtracted with ordinary and simple arithmetic rules as it described with magnitude only. While vector quantities involved both magnitude and direction so they can not be added and subtracted like a scalar addition or subtraction. It requires special rules i.e. head to tail rules. 

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        2.12. How are vector quantities important to us in our daily life?

          Answer:
          Vector quantities are very important in our daily life because they help in the understanding of displacement, acceleration of a car, and force in terms of their directions, etc.

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          2.13. Derive equations of motion for uniformly accelerated rectilinear motion.

            Answer:



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            2.14. Sketch a velocity-time graph for the motion of the body. From the graph explaining each step, calculate the total distance covered by the body

              Answer:

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