1.We have to pedal to keep a bicycle moving at a constant velocity.Does this violate Newton's first law? Explain your ans.
2.Simon is trying to carry too many thing with his car. When the car starts to move forwards, the things fall off at the back.Why?
3.Tony and his fat brother Anthony are having a toboggan ride on an ice surface.
a)If the friction between the toboggans and the ice is negligible, what does Newton's first law predict about their motion? What will happen in reality?
b)The brothers have the same velocity. If they try to slow down using their ski poles,who will find is harder to do so? Why?
4.a)Steering a supertanker is rather different from steering a Star ferry. A supertanker needs a few kilometers of distance to stop or to change direction,while a Star Ferry seldom needs more than50m. Explain this in terms of inertia.
b)(1)A supertanker and a Star Ferry travel steadily at the same velocity. Which of them is acted on by a lager net force?
b)(2)The engine of the supertanker in fact provides much larger propelling force.Does this contradict your answer to (1)?
5.a)Why do ships have a V-shaped from?
b)What is the function of the parachute when a space shuttle lands?
c)Swimmers usually wear swimming caps when they compete.Why?
d)Why do the grips of a bicycle handle have to be rough?
6.Peter takes a lift from the ground floor to the 10th floor. The first accelerates from rest at 1.5m s^-2 for 2 s.It then rises at a constant velocity for 10 s and finally decelerates to a stop in 2.5 s.
The mass of Peter is 75kg .Sketch a graph of his apparent weight against time and describe how his felling of his weight changes during the ride.