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Notes of Force and Laws of Motion Upto Inertia

The document discusses the concepts of force and Newton's First Law of Motion. It defines force as a push or pull that can cause an object to start moving, change its speed or direction of motion. Balanced forces do not change an object's state of motion, while unbalanced forces can accelerate an object or alter its motion. Newton's First Law states that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. This tendency of objects to resist changes in motion is called inertia, which depends on an object's mass.

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Notes of Force and Laws of Motion Upto Inertia

The document discusses the concepts of force and Newton's First Law of Motion. It defines force as a push or pull that can cause an object to start moving, change its speed or direction of motion. Balanced forces do not change an object's state of motion, while unbalanced forces can accelerate an object or alter its motion. Newton's First Law states that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. This tendency of objects to resist changes in motion is called inertia, which depends on an object's mass.

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NEW ALWUROOD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, JEDDAH

Affiliated to CBSE – New Delhi, No: 5730019

Chapter:Force and Laws of motion


Class: IX

How does an object start moving?


We need to put some effort to make a stationary object move, For Example, a
push, a hit or a pull.

What is a force?
Whenever we push or pull an object a force acts upon them and makes them
move from one place to another. Hence, force can –
 initiate motion in a motionless object
 change (increase or decrease) the velocity of the moving object
 alter the direction of a moving object
 change the shape and size of an object

Balanced and Unbalanced Forces


Balanced Forces –
 When equal amount of forces are applied on an object from different
directions such that they cancel out each other
 They do not change the state of rest or motion of an object
 They may change the shape and size of an object

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Fig.3- Balanced Forces
Unbalanced Force –
 When forces applied to an object are of different magnitude(or not in
opposite directions so as to cancel)
 They can alter state of rest or motion of an object
 They can cause acceleration in an object
 They can change the shape and size of an object

Newton’s First law of motion or The Law of Inertia


Statement: A body will remains in the state of rest or in uniform motion until and unless it is acted
upon by an external unbalanced force.

Hence, we can say that objects oppose a change in their state of motion or rest. This tendency of
objects to remain in the state of rest or to keep moving uniformly is called Inertia.

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Examples of Inertia
 We fall back when a vehicle starts moving in the forward direction
because our body is in the rest state and it opposes the motion of the
vehicle.

 We fall forward when brakes are applied in a car because our body
opposw the change of state of motion to rest

Inertia and Mass


 The inertia of an object is dependent upon its mass.
 Lighter objects have less inertia, that is, they can easily change
their state of rest or motion.
 Heavier objects have large inertia and therefore they show more
resistance.

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 Hence ‘Mass’ is called a measure of the inertia of an object.
Consider the image given below; it is easier for a person to push the
bucket that is empty rather than the one that is filled with sand. This is
because the mass of an empty bucket is less than that of the bucket filled
with sand.

More about Inertia:

Types of Inertia:
(a) Inertia of Rest: The inability of a body to change by itself its state of rest is
known as Inertia of Rest.

Examples:

(i) Person sitting in a car falls backwards, when the car suddenly starts. It is
because the lower portion in contact with the car comes in motion where as the
upper part tries to remain at rest due to inertia of rest.

(ii) When we shake the branch of a tree, the leave or the fruits falls down because
the branches comes in motion where as the leaves or the fruit tends to remain at
rest and hence gets detached.

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(b) Inertia of Motion: The Inability of a body to change by itself its state of
uniform motion is known as Inertia of motion.

Examples:

(i) When a moving car suddenly stops the person sitting in the car falls forward
because the lower portion of the body in contact with the car comes to rest
whereas the upper part tends to remain in motion due to inertia of motion.

(ii) An athlete runs a certain distance before taking a long jump because the
velocity acquired by running is added to the time of jump, so that it can cover a
long distance.

(c) Inertia of Direction: The inability of a body to change by itself its direction
of motion.

Examples:

When a car moves round a curve the person sitting inside is thrown outwards in
order to maintain his direction of motion due to inertia of direction.

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